Our Opinion: Voters don’t need term limits, they need to vote
From the State Journal Register
By The Editorial Board
The State Journal-Register
The issue of term limits for Illinois lawmakers is dead — for now, at least — and that ought to be welcome news for anyone who values democracy, freedom of choice and sound public policy.
Term limits is an old idea that is resurrected every few years in Illinois. The most vocal proponent of the latest term limits effort is Republican governor candidate and “political outsider” Bruce Rauner, who wants to rid the Capitol of so-called career politicians by restricting lawmakers to eight years in office and also making it tougher for them to override gubernatorial vetoes.
The term limits proposal also called for increasing the size of the House and reducing the size of the Senate, provisions that were thought to satisfy requirements outlined in the Illinois constitution.
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