The House passed SCR 4008 on the 2nd attempt this week. While the subject is term limits, the actual issue at hand is the disrespect of the constitution and the voters.
Over and over legislators have claimed people thought they were voting for congressional term limits. You can see from the ballot language this is clearly a lie (see ballot language below). The SOS and AG bent over backwards to keep the phrase "term limits" out of the ballot title.
Initiated Constitutional Measure No. 1
This initiated measure would add a new article to the North Dakota Constitution. Under the measure, an individual could not serve as a state legislator for a total of more than eight years in either the North Dakota House of Representatives or the North Dakota Senate, separately. It also would prohibit an individual from being elected as Governor more than twice. Service as a member of the legislature or election to the office of governor before the effective date of this measure would not count towards an individual’s eight-year or two-election limit. An individual would not be allowed to serve a full or remaining term as a member of the legislature if serving the term would cause the individual to serve a total of more than eight years in that particular house. Any amendment to this article could not be proposed by the legislature, but only by citizen initiative. The article would become effective on January 1, 2023 if approved by the voters. If the measure conflicts with any other provision of the constitution, the measure states it would prevail over the other constitutional provision.
The estimated fiscal impact of this measure is $0 per biennium.
YES – means you approve the measure summarized above.
NO – means you reject the measure summarized above.
I truly believe that the representatives from district 6 don’t believe in the constitution, they believe in themselves and only themselves, at the expense of our state and the constituents.
Over and over legislators have claimed people thought they were voting for congressional term limits. You can see from the ballot language this is clearly a lie (see ballot language below). The SOS and AG bent over backwards to keep the phrase "term limits" out of the ballot title.
Initiated Constitutional Measure No. 1
This initiated measure would add a new article to the North Dakota Constitution. Under the measure, an individual could not serve as a state legislator for a total of more than eight years in either the North Dakota House of Representatives or the North Dakota Senate, separately. It also would prohibit an individual from being elected as Governor more than twice. Service as a member of the legislature or election to the office of governor before the effective date of this measure would not count towards an individual’s eight-year or two-election limit. An individual would not be allowed to serve a full or remaining term as a member of the legislature if serving the term would cause the individual to serve a total of more than eight years in that particular house. Any amendment to this article could not be proposed by the legislature, but only by citizen initiative. The article would become effective on January 1, 2023 if approved by the voters. If the measure conflicts with any other provision of the constitution, the measure states it would prevail over the other constitutional provision.
The estimated fiscal impact of this measure is $0 per biennium.
YES – means you approve the measure summarized above.
NO – means you reject the measure summarized above.
I truly believe that the representatives from district 6 don’t believe in the constitution, they believe in themselves and only themselves, at the expense of our state and the constituents.