Measure on the ballot in the 2020 Arkansas General Election in Arkansas.
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Get StartedA Constitutional Amendment to Amend the Term Limits Applicable to Members of the General Assembly. Specifically, this amendment would reduce term limits from 16 years to 12 years while maintaining the current option to return to service following a four-year break.
A “YES” vote on Issue No. 2 is a vote in support of reducing Arkansas General Assembly term limits from 16 to 12 years, maintaining the option to return to service following a four-year break.
A “NO” vote on Issue No. 2 is a vote to maintain the current Arkansas General Assembly term limits of 16 years with the option to return after a four-year break.
"The ballot title fails to inform the voter that lifetime term limits would be eliminated and that members of the General Assembly could serve an unlimited number of years interrupted only by an occasional “sit out” period as short as a single 2-year term.", in opposition to Issue No. 2 (Learn more)
"The amendment gives someone time to become experienced and to become effective while still accomplishing the goal of keeping term limits short enough that we get new blood.", in support of Issue No. 2 (Learn more)
"For those that are worried that this would create lifetime legislators, we know from experience in states with similar provisions allowing lawmakers to return to serve, only 5% of lawmakers returned. What we’re trying to do – with a requirement to sit out four years rather than 2 – we’re trying to take away the incumbent advantage because there defnitely is one.", in support of Issue No. 2 (Learn more)
"Something might happen to the state and people say we could really use this man, we could use this woman, to come back and help us and under current law even they couldn’t do that. So this changes lifetime term limits to successive term limits.", in support of Issue No. 2 (Learn more)
"Legislators could have used the ballot title to tell voters what the amendment does, but chose not to. The new 12 consecutive year limit doesn’t apply to themselves until they’ve maxed out current term limits. 16 years on, 4 off, 12 on means they can serve 28 of 32 years. For senators, it would be 22-4 12, which would be 34 of 38 years. 38 years in the legislature with a single 4-year break.", in opposition to Issue No. 2 (Learn more)
"Could these legislative seats, become political dynasties, held by the same politician's "family members" — i.e. wives, husbands, children of the former solon during the four-year hiatus — and the "new family member" simply not seek re-election, when the old solon, who is now past the prohibitive term, files to run again?", in opposition to Issue No. 2 (Learn more)
A Constitutional Amendment to be known as the "Arkansas Term Limits Amendment"; and amending the term limits applicable to members of the General Assembly.
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