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Term Limits for North Dakota is a proposed ballot measure for North Dakota. Everyday citizens will be able to vote on applying two, 4-year term limits to the North Dakota Governor, State House and State Senate. Our campaign is composed of grassroots citizens from across our state, as well as several former and current elected officials. Many are experienced legislators who understand the importance of term limiting their positions.

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Why Term Limits for North Dakota?

Term limits for North Dakota comes with a large number of benefits that include fairer and more competitive elections, increased citizen involvement, a more democratic process, a highly engaged legislative body accountable to and reflective of the electorate, as well as more detailed legislation and better legislative performance.
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Term limits restore our founding fathers’ vision of a citizen legislature. “Entrenched incumbency . . . has led to an electoral system that is less free, less competitive, and less representative than the system established by the Founding Fathers” (quoted in Biskupic 1995).

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Term limits improve citizen access to the process, encourage candidates to run for office and work on meaningful campaigns, and increase voter participation in elections.

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Term limits mandate rotation in office which expands the circle of citizens with intimate knowledge of how the state government works, thereby increasing transparency and oversight and discouraging corruption.

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Term limits end the stranglehold of career politicians.

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Term limits encourage independence as it severs relationships between special interest groups and members of the legislature reducing the power of lobbyists – thus putting the taxpayers first!

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Term limits help introduce new ideas and fresh perspectives that reflect the times and the attitudes of the current constituency.

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Term limited legislators are incentivized to enact more detailed legislation and to exert more control over the process in order to ensure that their preferences will be implemented without agency interference.

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Term limits can help foster a new culture of civic engagement by expanding a bench of local candidates, and by encouraging mentorship from outgoing legislators to other members of their communities.

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