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Effects of term limits in Maine: more power to the executive branch.(PERSPECTIVES: Term Limits)

Publication: Spectrum: the Journal of State Government
Publication Date: 01-JAN-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Maine voters approved legislative term limits in November of 1993 and implemented them in 1996. Under the law, members of both the House of Representatives and the state Senate are limited to four consecutive two-year terms. After that, they must either run for a different office, or take a a...

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Unfortunately, term limits has resulted in churning of leadership that greatly weakens the Legislature as a body relative to the executive branch. In the Senate, turnover rates have increased from 20 percent prior to term limits to 30-40 percent. That may not sound like a drastic change, but it heavily impacts legislative leadership. As the Legislature grappled with the...

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