PPP preview for Thursday, October 30- Issue number 3, placed onto the ballot by legislators during the general session is an amendment that mostly deals with ethics issues, such as gifts from lobbyists, but the very last line of the paragraph says “and establishing term limits for members of the general assembly.” One group, Arkansas Term Limits, says the wording is confusing because Arkansas already has term limits. “If this passes, House terms go from 6 to 16 years, Senate terms go from 8 to 16 years.”Voters are beginning to speak out because they thought that when they voted FOR Issue 3 they were voting to create term limits not increase them. The senator who introduced the measure, Jon Woods, says its because they tried to be concise, not dishonest. “We were advised to keep it as short as possible and we wanted it even shorter, but we try to make everybody happy and we try to be honest in what were doing.” Powerlisteners: YES OR NO- Is Issue Number 3 political trickery? katv/story/27147314/term-limits-on-the-ballot-causing-confusion-with-voters
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:41:24 +0000
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