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Was it a wave or just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?

The following is a term limits discussion between Nicolas Tomboulides, Executive Director of U.S. Term Limits and J.R. Hoeft on his podcast. Listen to the episode in its entirety here: https://jrhoeft.com/2018/11/19/nick-tomboulides-u-s-term-limits/. Nick T.:                … getting legislatures who are actually closer to the people and have to appeal to voters. They can’t just rely on PAC money.

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Taming Political Conflict of Interest

Isn’t it an obvious conflict of interest when politicians put a measure on the ballot to weaken or repeal their own term limits? In 2012, citizens of Kettering, Ohio, collected signatures to put an eight-year term limits measure on the ballot. It passed with more than 60% of the vote. In 2016, with a simple

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The Man from THRO

What can one person do? I wish Jack Gargan were here to answer that question — I can almost hear his characteristic chuckle, see the glint in his Irish eyes, in preparation for his answer. But sadly, Jack passed away last week in Thailand, where he had retired. He was 88 years of age. The

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Term Limits protect fragile Latin American democracies

“It is common to think of Latin America as the land of no hope for democracy. Since Independence, the region has been ravaged by authoritarianism and populism.” So writes Amherst College political science professor Javier Corrales in the New York Times on Nov. 6, in his op-ed “Can Latin American Democracy Withstand the Populist Assault?”

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Term Limits initiatives WIN BIG across the country

2018 Term Limits Initiative Election Results Across the USA California | Colorado | Florida | Hawaii | Illinois | Missouri | Nebraska | Ohio | New York | Tennessee | Texas | Wisconsin Term limits initiatives across the country win nearly every time by an overwhelming margin. From our research this year, nearly 40 ballot

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You’ve Laid the Foundation.

  By Austin Sekel. The year 2018 will go down in history as the resurgence of the term limits movement. A record-shattering 405 candidates nationwide that are running for office this cycle and will appear on the general election ballot have signed a pledge calling for congressional term limits, and another 36 candidates have signed a pledge

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When Local Lawmakers Won’t Take No for an Answer

Nashville voters enacted term limits 24 years ago. The Metro Council seeks repeal for the seventh time. by Paul Jacob For an example of what populists mean when they say politicians sometimes refuse to listen to voters, look no further than the consolidated government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. Twenty-four years ago, voters there

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