[EM] Clean Government Alliance

[Richard Fobes]

 > On Jan 22, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Richard 
Fobes<ElectionMethods at VoteFair.org>  wrote:
 >> In this discussion about term limits, I forgot to mention
 >> an important U.S.-specific deal-breaker.
 >>
 >> The United States Supreme Court ruled that (using the words
 >> in Wikipedia) "states cannot impose term limits upon their
 >> federal Representatives or Senators.
 >> ...

On 1/22/2013 5:48 PM, aGREATER.US wrote:
> That's why we're going for an omnibus  Constitutional Amendment.

Ah, I had forgotten the specific goal.

In that case I agree that term limits for Congressmen should be included 
-- along with a ban on single-mark ballots.  That would split up 
opposition so that special interests have to fight against both reforms. 
  And any success in opposing term limits would increase the odds of 
success for banning single-mark ballots.

Now I understand why you cannot embrace someone who is unwilling to 
consider term limits as part of the proposed Amendment.

Thanks for the clarification.

Richard Fobes