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1. Although who constitutes the "public" is not defined in the statute, it has been expressly held to allow the attendance of "citizens," see Littleton Educ. Ass'n v. Arapahoe Cty. School Dist. No. 6, 191 Colo. 411, 553 P.2d 793 (1976) (local agencies); Cole v. State, 673 P.2d 345 (Colo. 1983) (state agencies); and, by implication, to the media. See Gosliner v. Denver Election Comm'n, 191 Colo. 328, 552 P.2d 1010 (1976); Glenwood Post v. City of Glenwood Springs, 731 P.2d 761 (Colo. App. 1988). See also Bagby v. School Dist. No.

"Any person." G.L. c. 39, §  23B. This clearly includes non-residents and non-voters.

Any member of the public may attend an open meeting. R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-3. However, the OML expressly allows the removal of any person who willfully disrupts a meeting to the extent that orderly conduct of the meeting is seriously compromised. R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(d).

FOIA states that "[t]he meetings of all public agencies, except executive sessions as defined in subdivision (6) of section 1-200, shall be open to the public." Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-225(a). FOIA also provides: "[n]o member of the public shall be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of [a public agency], to register the member's name, or furnish other information, or complete a questionnaire or otherwise fulfill any condition precedent to the member's attendance." Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-225(e).

The OMA provides generally that "all persons" may attend "all meetings of a public body," except as otherwise provided. Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 15.263(1). A person cannot be required as a condition of attendance "to register or otherwise provide his name or other information or otherwise to fulfill a condition precedent to attendances Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 15.263(4). The OMA also provides for attendees to address public meetings "under rules established and recorded by the public body." Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 15.263(5); see Lysogorski v.

Meetings are open to the public, including the news media. No citizenship or residency requirement is established. S.C. Code Ann. § 30-4-60.

Any citizen of Delaware, subject to certain exceptions, may attend a "meeting." 29 Del. C. § 10001; see also Del. Op. Att'y Gen., No. 96-ib01 (Jan. 2, 1996). A "meeting" is defined as a "formal or informal gathering of a quorum of the members of any public body for the purpose of discussing or taking action on public business." 29 Del. C. § 10002(b). See 29 Del. C. § 10002(c) (defining "public body"); 29 Del. C. § 10002(e) (defining "public business").

Minnesota's Open Meeting Law makes it clear that all meetings required by statute to be open are open "to the public." Minn.Stat. § 13D.01, subd. 1.

The "public" may attend. (S.D.C.L. § 1-25-1)

The District of Columbia "Open Meetings Act," D.C. Code Ann. § 1-207.42, provides access to "the public." Id. § 1-207.42(a).