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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The regime has even borrowed some reform ideas term limits, local elections, public hearings, participatory budgeting from Western democracies.
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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.
Another heavyweight forced out of office by term limits is planning to set up home in the city.
The statement on the proposal for term limits will be discussed at party meetings in the coming months.
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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.
Except most of the attention fell on the reforms it didn't pass including term limits for FIFA's president and executive committee.
But letting Lula remain the power behind the throne would set a bad precedent Brazil instituted term limits for a reason.
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In particular, he proposed a lifetime ban on congressmen becoming lobbyists and more stringent term limits for federal elected officials.
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.
Due to term limits, nearly 40% of the legislature is made up of new members, sworn in just last week.
But in the past few years he has consolidated power, suppressed opposition, eliminated his rivals and abolished presidential term limits.
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.
Mr Chavez then won a series of elections and referendums, including one in 2009 which abolished term limits for elected officials, including the president.
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