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Nevada Supreme Court issues term limits decisions

Child v. Lomax - term limits do not apply to legislators running in 2008: "we next address the substance of the petition: whether a member of the State Assembly seeking reelection should be disqualified as a candidate on the ground that, under the term-limit amendment, she will have exceeded the 12-year limit on serving in that office when her current term expires following the 2008 general election. As the constitution provides that a State Assembly member's term of office begins on the day after the member's election and the State Assembly member who petitioner asserts has exceeded the 12-year term limitation began serving in that office on November 6, 1996 -- before the term-limit provision became effective on November 27, 1996 -- her term that began in 1996 does not count toward the 12-year limitation period...continue to full post

Full post as published by Harmful Error on July 25, 2008 (boomark / email).