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/idaho_term_limits_18 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Idaho Repeals Term Limits Fri Feb 1,12:17 PM ET BOISE, Idaho - Idaho became the first state to repeal its term limits on Friday when the nation's most Republican Legislature overrode GOP Gov. Dirk Kempthorne's veto. Kempthorne, who rejected the repeal plan on Thursday, accused term-limit opponents of ignoring the electorate and called the attempted repeal of the 1994 term-limit law unconstitutional. After passing it with nearly 60 percent of the vote eight years ago, the subsequent majorities have narrowed. A nonbinding vote on retention of term limits passed with 53 percent in 1998. The Idaho Republican Party once endorsed term limits as a way to end the careers of liberal East Coast members of Congress. But the state GOP made the repeal part of its platform two years ago. Party leaders say local elected officials were never supposed to be the target and that term limits take away critical experience from government, especially in rural areas where many small towns have struggled to fill local offices. Currently 18 states limit the terms of state lawmakers. The U.S. Supreme Court voided the congressional term limits in Idaho's law and similar laws adopted in 15 other states in 1995. Only two states have adopted term limits since that ruling. The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the state and local government limits in December. They restrict school board and county commission service to six years in any 11-year period and service in all other elected state, city and county offices to eight years in any 15-year period. Term limits advocates have promised to put the issue before voters in a referendum in November. It would be the fifth time the Idaho electorate has voted on the issue. ___ *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
