MISSOURI WATCH: LIMITING OFFICEHOLDERS' TERMS ALSO LIMITS THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC

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Monday, October 14, 1996

If the courts allow present language to remain in a proposed constitutional amendment on term limits, Missourians will henceforth be handed ballots that purport to give a congressional candidate's view on a single public issue. The language being proposed for what will be labeled Constitutional Amendment No. 9 on the November general election ballot is nothing short of absurd, not to mention demeaning to the intelligence of responsible voters in our state.

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