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2012-2016 Battles

Politicians still have not learned that voters love term limits.  Attacks are already flying, with several states introducing legislation that would amend or repeal their term limits laws.  Other states, like Illinois, have initiated exciting campaigns to put term limits on the ballot this year. Click on the states below to find out what you

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Missouri

January 2014: Representative Myron Neth (R-Liberty) has introduced HJR 41, an anti-term limits amendment. It is identical to his bill in the last session, HJR 4, which failed to receive approval from the State Senate. If passed, Neth’s measure would double term limits on state House and Senate members from eight years in one seat to

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City Term Limits

Nine of the United States’ ten largest cities have term limits: City Name Term Limits New York City Y Los Angeles Y Chicago N Houston Y Philadelphia Y (Mayor Only) Phoenix Y San Antonio Y San Diego Y Dallas Y San Jose Y More City Term Limits Facts: 51 percent of all large U.S. cities

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County Term Limits

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY TERM LIMITS Aspiring career politicians were at it again in 2014 to weaken term limits for themselves, and forcibly surrendering voter power. The voters fought back and thwarted this encroachment that was not only brought upon by crony commissioner’s, but developers had a big role in influencing the legislature; surprise. Voters squeaked

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2008 Battles

Battles have been waged by politicians, activist judges, special interests and lobbyists across the nation who seek to remove the will of the people. In order to maintain term limits at the state level, your help is needed.  See your state below???  Get involved… Not sure how?  Just email us by clicking here, and we

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Ohio

  Help Save Ohio’s Term Limits April 2015: The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission — which is made up entirely of legislators, lobbyists and their appointees — is set to recommend to the Legislature that term limits be weakened from 8 years in one seat to 12. Any term limit longer than eight years distorts the

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Michigan

To everyone’s surprise, Former Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville left the Michigan state legislature’s term limits alone in 2014. He realized that going against voters’ will and using resources to attack a popular reform wasn’t worth the gamble. Republican Rep. Ed McBroom thinks otherwise. Just a few months into session and he’s already helped craft

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South Dakota

  February 2014: Even after getting rejected by 76% of the vote in 2008, the South Dakota anti-term limits crowd is at it again. This time, a group of career-minded politicians in the state legislature has introduced HJR 1002, which again aims to lengthen term limits from eight years in one seat to twelve. Thankfully,

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State Term Limits

2012-2016 Battles 2010 Battles 2008 Battles County Term Limits City Term Limits Over the last twenty years, term limits has been one of the most widely debated issues across the nation.  Americans have become sick of their local politicians who are seeking nothing more than to hold a seat for twenty years, until they have

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California Term-Limits Battle 2009

Current Bill Status Read SCA 24’s full text MEASURE : S.C.A. No. 24 AUTHOR(S) : Hancock, Ashburn, and Lowenthal. TOPIC : Legislature: term limits. HOUSE LOCATION : SEN TYPE OF BILL : Active Non-Urgency Non-Appropriations 2/3 Vote Required Non-State-Mandated Local Program Non-Fiscal Non-Tax Levy LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 07/24/2009 LAST HIST. ACTION : From print.

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