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	Term limit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United States the concept of term limits is not a new one: the constitution of the state of Delaware, adopted in 1787, limits the governor to two four-year terms.
		What term limit supporters argue is that democratic governance requires elected officials who are responsive and accountable to the people who elected them, and that elected officials who no longer fear losing their offices cease to be concerned with the needs of their constituents.
		Congressional term limits were featured prominently in the Republican Party's Contract with America in the 1994 election campaign, and may well have contributed to the so-called "Republican Revolution", as the Republicans wrested control of the US House of Representatives from the Democratic Party for the first time since the 1952 election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Term_limit (1463 words)

	Term Limits: Legislative Term Limits Overview
		Proposals to limit the terms of state legislators have been the subject of public policy debate since 1990, when citizen initiatives limiting the terms of legislators were passed by voters in California, Colorado and Oklahoma.
		Term limits kicked in for the Missouri Legislature and the Michigan Senate in 2002.
		In both states, term limits were established via an initiative to the statutes, and the states' supreme courts ruled that it was impermissible to establish constitutional qualifications for office in the statutes.
	www.ncsl.org /programs/legman/ABOUT/termlimit.htm (638 words)

	Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		More accurately, one may suggest that Thomas Jefferson established the convention of a two-term limit; he noted, "if some termination to the services of the chief Magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution, or supplied by practice, his office, nominally four years, will in fact become for life".
		The rationale was a concern that without limits, the presidential position could become too similar to that of a benevolent dictator lasting not just four years but a lifetime, that the position could become too powerful and upset the separation of powers, and even so powerful that elections would become dispensable.
		If a person serving as vice president succeeds to the presidency, and serves for less than two years of the original president's term, he or she may still be elected twice and thus serve a total of ten full years in office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution (901 words)

	Term limit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Virginia is the only state currently limiting governors to a single term.
		Incumbency provides elected officials an important electoral advantage over their challengers, which is attributable to name recognition by voters, superior campaign fundraising, constituent casework, and patronage and pork barreling.
		In 1995, with the Republican Party holding 230 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, a proposed Constitutional amendment imposing term limits failed to get the required two-thirds vote of the House (290 votes), and the concept has subsequently lost popularity.
	www.southjordan.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Term_limit (758 words)

	Term Limit Traitors - In which the radical Republicans belatedly discover the value--and power--of congressional ...
		Setting maximum terms of between six and 12 years in office would function as an antidote to Potomac fever and restore the place of the "citizen legislator," whose loyalty would remain with the voters who elected him, not the institution in which he served.
		The Benedict Arnold of the term limits movement is George Nethercutt of Washington state.
		Term limits was the official position of the Republican Party in 1994.
	www.slate.com /id/2311 (1267 words)

	The New American - Term Limits Temptation - June 10, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The quick-fix nature of term limitation is superficially appealing not only because of the perceived speed with which it appears to remove an offending official, but also because it does not require much thought, research, or analysis on the part of the voters.
		While the term limits concept was considered during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, it was rejected by the delegates, who instead provided for short terms of office - two years for the House of Representatives, four years for the Presidency, and six years for the Senate.
		As for the "career politicians" whom term limits would supposedly eject from the ranks of government, many of them would remain in Washington, only now they would be in the executive branch, where they would be safely insulated from the direct wrath of the voters.
	www.thenewamerican.com /tna/1996/vo12no12/vo12no12_limits.htm (4754 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Term Limits Special Report
		Fowler's eight years are also up in 2000, but the proposition of term limits, it seems, is no longer as simple and straightforward as she once saw it: Fowler is actively considering running for a fifth term next year.
		On one side is U.S. Term Limits, the advocacy group that is pressing candidates to sign a pledge to serve only three terms and claims to be preparing a $20 million "education campaign" on the issue in the 2000 elections.
		Fowler insists she still believes in term limits but thinks it should be 12 years in the House, not the eight years she imposed on herself and helped bring about on the Jacksonville City Council and in the Florida legislature.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/special/termlimits/stories/term031599.htm (1374 words)

	Panhandle Pundit: My Take On Term Limits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Of course, term limits in the executive branch are also, in a sense, undemocratic, but these are much longer established and reflect the anti-authoritarian principles and precautions on which this nation was founded.
		Term limits must be justified on some external effect of careerism that is negatively affecting the democratic process severely and unable to be checked in a less anti-democratic manner.
		Wherever term limits are added to the ballot, they pass, informing a reasonable observer to conclude that the professional politician is indeed much on the minds of the voters.
	rynemcclaren.typepad.com /blog/2005/11/my_take_on_term.html (7456 words)

	states
		They are ordered by the year of term limits' impact--the first year in which incumbents who were serving when the term limits measure was passed are no longer eligible to run for re-election.
		Term limits may be divided into two broad categories: consecutive and lifetime.
		With consecutive term limits, a legislator is limited to serving a particular number of years in a chamber.
	www.ncsl.org /programs/legman/about/states.htm (322 words)

	Term-limit exceptions
		Amicone, noting his own opposition to term limits, said there was "little public interest" at a public hearing and no written comments in support of vetoing the council's exceptions.
		The integrity of the term limits issue is still intact." Of course it is, except for the exceptions.
		Term limits impose artificial, arbitrary restrictions to public office, denying voters the right to keep an official who is performing well.
	www.thejournalnews.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050528/OPINION01/505280323/1015 (542 words)

	Townhall.com :: Columns :: Time to limit term limits for Congress by Phyllis Schlafly - Feb 20, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		They fulfilled their promise by supporting a constitutional amendment for term limits in 1995, but they were outvoted by those opposed to term limits.
		Republicans who acquiesced in the term-limit pledge should continue to fight for across-the-board term limits and limited government, but not abdicate power to those on the other side by fulfilling a pledge that is damaging to the conservative cause.
		Term limits is a fine idea when it operates on a level playing field, e.g., applying equally to Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton (per the 22nd Amendment), or limiting all governors or state legislators in a given state.
	www.townhall.com /columnists/phyllisschlafly/ps20020220.shtml (860 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Term limits with twist
		A new citizen initiative petition aimed at limiting the terms of Utah's top elected officials will be filed this week, while an old petition on the same subject seems headed for defeat.
		If he did promise to limit his own terms and later went back on that and ran for office beyond his office's term-limit time, then on the ballot next to his name would be: broke his pledge to limit his own terms in office.
		The self-limit terms would be four in the U.S. House (eight years) and two in the U.S. Senate (12 years.) They would be eight years (or two terms) for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, auditor and treasurer.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,565037460,00.html (918 words)

	Reason magazine -- October 2000, Exit Interviews by Michael W. Lynch and Katherine Mangu-Ward
		Eighteen states have enacted term limits on their legislators; tellingly, all but two of the laws came about via ballot initiatives.
		Her strong support of the Second Amendment and of limiting federal power–and her sympathetic comments regarding the militia movement–led a number of mainstream journalists to question her sanity.
		Term limits force you to maintain that perspective of back home because you are up here for a while and then you are going back there.
	www.reason.com /0010/fe.ml.exit.html (5339 words)

	Just now, limits on term-limit talk - The Boston Globe
		Debate over the pros and cons of limits on mayoral reigns could be a particularly healthy discussion for Boston, whose city charter grants the mayor among the most sweeping powers of any US city.
		Perhaps there should be a debate on mayoral term limits, but it will probably have to happen outside the glare of a campaign.
		Opponents of term limits maintain that elections provide a regular opportunity for voters to weigh in on whether officeholders have overstayed their welcome.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/09/11/just_now_limits_on_term_limit_talk (631 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Term Limits Special Report
		Proponents of term limits think so, and 18 states have passed laws automatically forcing longtime legislators out of office – even if voters want to reelect them.
		Congressional efforts to limit the terms of members of the House and Senate died out in early 1997, but limits for members of state assemblies are flourishing.
		Despite the Republican majority declaring term limits a priority in their 1994 "Contract With America," the 104th Congress twice failed to muster the two-thirds votes needed for a constitutional amendment.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/special/termlimits/termlimits.htm (410 words)

	Voluntary Congressional Term Limit Amendment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Voluntary Congressional Term Limit Amendment for presentation to the electors on the Colorado Election Ballot - November, 1998
		If the candidate chooses not to execute any or all parts of Term Limits Declaration One, then he or she may execute and submit to the secretary of state any or all parts of Term Limits Declaration Two.
		Terms shall be calculated without regard to whether the terms were served consecutively..
	members.aol.com /Cotermlim/VolLimitsInitWording.html (529 words)

	Manzi to run again despite term limit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But Manzi, who was first elected in 1997 and is now serving his third term, said he is exempt from the law because he was already in office when it was enacted, and that it affects people elected to office in 2000 or later.
		Other city councilors already serving their third term in 1999 could not run again because they were beholden to the old law, she said.
		Regardless of whether he is re-elected to a fourth term, Manzi is looking ahead to the 2005 mayor's race, when Mayor Sharon M. Pollard will have to step down because of term limits, presuming she wins re-election this fall.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20030711/LN_003.htm (559 words)

	LWVC Nonpartisan In-Depth Analysis of Prop 27
		Information on whether they signed a pledge or declined to sign a pledge to limit their terms would be printed on election ballots and in state-sponsored voter education material, when the information is authorized by the candidates.
		If a candidate seeks reelection to the same office beyond the pledged term limit, the ballot would state that the candidate has exceeded his or her term-limit pledge.
		Term limits for California's state legislators are not working and have given more power to corporate lobbyists.
	ca.lwv.org /lwvc.files/mar00/id/prop27.html (968 words)

	JournalStar.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nebraska’s term limits law is filled with errors that could place potentially bizarre and unconstitutional restrictions on voters, according to those who filed an official and somewhat novel challenge to the voter-approved law Friday.
		The argument is drawn from one sentence of the three-sentence term limits law crafted by a national group that advocates term limits.
		Secretary of State John Gale, who cited the term limits law when he recently turned down requests from term-limited senators seeking re-election and is a target of the lawsuit, described it as a long shot.
	www.journalstar.com /articles/2005/12/03/top_story/extras/doc4390bbc8aeeac504341110.txt (646 words)

	Townhall.com :: Columns :: Squirming against term limits by Paul Jacob - Dec 11, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Though the function of petition requirements had been more than fulfilled by the overwhelming majority vote, and though the term limits petition contained far more than the number of signatures state government officials had said were required at the time, the judge threw out the whole term limit amendment.
		Term limit activists got back at the judge who authored the opinions, campaigning against him in a retention vote.
		As if to prove beyond any doubt the need for term limits, these senior solons are suing to overturn yet another vote of the people that they are supposed to be serving.
	www.townhall.com /opinion/columns/pauljacob/2005/12/11/178612.html (1286 words)

	Tampabay: Term limit exemption expanded by ruling
		Attorneys for the Eight Is Enough, the group that led the drive to put term limits on the ballot, had 30 days to appeal the decision but chose not to do so.
		By a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that the term limits imposed by the referendum on Nov. 5, 1996, were unconstitutional.
		She's served since 1996 and said she expected to be affected by term limits.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/11/04/Tampabay/Term_limit_exemption_.shtml (631 words)

	Cubin faces term-limit issue again
		The law establishing those term limits was ruled unconstitutional because it passed as a ballot initiative and not as a constitutional amendment.
		Cubin has stated in the past, and the record shows, that she would abide by the term limit laws set forth for the Wyoming State Legislature, even though she was not legally bound by those laws,” Wiblemo said.
		Cubin has said she supported the term limits proposed in the Republican “Contract with America” in 1994 because state voters had showed strong support for the idea.
	www.casperstartribune.net /articles/2006/04/03/news/wyoming/ba5b3221b94bb3a0872571430007fc53.txt (1107 words)

	Measure R: City Council Term Limit - Orange County, CA
		This measure provides that no person shall serve more than three consecutive terms of office as a member of the City Council and any unexpired term of office to which the person was appointed or elected would will count towards the three term limitation.
		The measure would be applied prospectively and only terms of office which commence on or after the electorate approves this measure would be counted towards the limitation.
		Term limits reduce barriers to entry that discourage challengers and thus limit ballot options.
	www.smartvoter.org /2002/11/05/ca/or/meas/R (385 words)

	The term-limit movement of the '90s stalls \| csmonitor.com
		Term limits - the great political revolt that rolled into California and spilled across 21 states since the early 1990s - has reached its high-tide mark and may be ebbing.
		Nationwide polls show voter disdain for their state legislators at record highs, but states are struggling to assess whether term limits are the answer.
		The surveys also found little impact on who was elected to office, despite predictions from the beginning that term limits would significantly diversify legislatures by creating more opportunities for women and minorities.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0427/p02s01-uspo.html (950 words)

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