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Thread #119132 Message #2583161
Posted By: JohnInKansas
07-Mar-09 - 05:53 AM
Thread Name: BS: Los Angeles voters smarter than Congress
Subject: RE: BS: Los Angeles voters smarter than Congress
Some states have slightly ambiguous wording in their term limits law.
It has been argued in some places that an office holder must leave the office after the specified number of consecutive terms, but is free to run again after "waiting out" a term or two.
Even where this can be argued, not everyone will agree. (Especially the opposing candidates, usually.)
A look at exactly how the term-limits law is worded would be needed even to guess intelligently (or politically).