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Term Limits Stories Posted in November 2007
Backers of term-limits measure tell opposition to reveal who's behind $1.5 million contribution
Category: Term Limits · State: California · Source: Sacremento Bee
Leaders of a campaign to alter California's term limits demanded Wednesday that their opposition disclose the names of individuals tied to a $1.5 million donation by U.S. Term Limits.
Dan Walters: Term limit modifier takes a hit
Category: Term Limits · State: California · Source: Sacremento Bee
Those who want California voters to approve Proposition 93 - a measure on the Feb. 5 ballot to alter legislative term limits - are citing a new analysis of the measure by the Center for Governmental Studies, a nonpartisan political think tank, which more or less endorses its passage.
Write-in ballots determine Gilbertville council seat; deadlocked ballot measure fails.
Category: City Government · State: Iowa · Source: WCF Courier
The Hudson mayoral election grew a little tighter and Gilbertville learned the name of a new council member Tuesday. Members of the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors canvassed the votes for races in the Nov. 6 municipal elections countywide to certify the results.
Insurance chief Poizner to lead fight against term-limit measure
Category: Term Limits · State: California · Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said Tuesday that he will contribute $1.5 million to and become the lead spokesman for the campaign to help defeat a term limits ballot measure that would allow current state lawmakers to stay in office longer.
Racino, term limits extension rejected
Category: Term Limits · State: Maine · Source: Seacoast Online
The Passamaquoddy Indian tribe's proposal to build a racetrack-casino in eastern Maine, already turned back by three gubernatorial vetoes in two years, was rejected by voters in Tuesday's referendum.
Organizations Stand Together to Support Ballot Measure 5
Category: Term Limits · State: Maine · Source: Maine Today
Common Cause Maine and the League of Women Voters of Maine were joined today by several community leaders to urge voters to vote yes on ballot measure 5. This measure would extend Maine’s existing term limits from the current four terms to six terms in a row that legislators could serve the public.
Voters less enthusiastic about changing term limits
Category: Term Limits · State: California · Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Voter support is slipping for a ballot measure that purports to shorten terms for state Legislators, but which would actually allow some of them to remain in office longer, according to a Field Poll set to be released Wednesday.
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