Term limit push has enough signatures to make ballot

By Rick Pearson, Clout Street 2:44 pm, June 2, 2014

State elections officials said today that a preliminary review of the paperwork shows that a constitutional amendment on legislative term limits backed by Republican governor nominee Bruce Rauner should have enough signatures to be eligible for the Nov. 4 ballot.

To get on the fall ballot, the Committee for Legislative Reform and Term Limits needs almost 300,000 valid signatures from registered voters. A random sample of 5 percent of signatures, conducted by the staff of the State Board of Elections, determined it had a likely minimum of 333,164 unique valid signatures.