Three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent, is barred from running again because of term limits.
Incumbent GOP Gov. John Engler was prevented by term limits from seeking a fourth term.
Committee term limits would help, but the only permanent solution is for attitudes to change.
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Another reform would be to impose term limits of, say, 18 years on Supreme Court justices.
Under Chile's constitutional term limits, Bachelet could not run for a second consecutive four-year term.
In the first place, I put term limits on myself when I first came here.
"With term limits you've made it much more difficult to reasonably control the council, " Mr. Vallone said.
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Schwarzenegger's time as governor is up in 2010, and he cannot seek re-election because of term limits.
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That would be a good start but before it will ever happen we have to have term limits.
But, says George Runner, before term limits, it used to happen as the result of an untimely tragedy.
Unlike the traditional parties, it will impose term limits on its representatives and turn away dodgy donations and members.
Then there is the troublesome matter of US Term Limits, Inc. v.
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But don't look to Congress to enact term limits on itself anytime soon.
Like term limits or not, here one is, in Argentina's constitution just as in that of the United States.
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So, I guess in one sense, you get death by term limits, so it's really a natural extension of that.
Many government watchers argue that California's strict term limits have diluted the institutional memory and experience of the state's legislature.
Well and good, but Mr Museveni's people are also hoping to take this opportunity to get rid of presidential-term limits.
Although many members of the House of Representatives, nearing their own sell-by dates, are keen to see term limits lifted.
He's entering his last month of his 12-year tenure on the City Council, forced to step down because of term limits.
Sure, the founding fathers did not vote on term limits, but the lifespan of a person was not what is now.
Naturally, Mr Neumann is an ardent advocate of term limits, and has voluntarily limited himself to six terms in the House.
He thinks the Defence Department should be audited by an independent body and wants 12-year term limits for representatives and senators.
Donors are pressuring Mr Museveni to pacify the north (and to abide by constitutional term limits, but that is another story).
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He also would not be going against Obama, due to term limits.
The IGC recommended age or term limits for key FIFA figures to reduce the stranglehold that permanent presidencies can have on any organization.
Incumbent Antonio Villaraigosa, the city's first Latino mayor in more than 130 years, is stepping down after eight years because of term limits.
Certainly some directors who are qualified, alert and effective will end up off the board with strict policies for age and term limits.
Pitney says having relatives take each others' seats creates a kind of continuity that simply isn't permissible under the rules of term limits.
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