South Dakota Measure to Support Term Limits (1996)
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South Dakota Initiated Measure 1 was also known as An Act requiring South Dakota's Congressional delegation to use their powers to adopt a congressional term limits amendment to the United States Constitution. It was on the 1996 election ballot in South Dakota. It passed with 205,852 votes in favor.
Text of the proposal
This initiated law would require the U.S. Senators and Representative from South Dakota to use all of their powers to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution which establishes congressional term limits of three terms for a Representative and two terms for a Senator. If the incumbent Senators and Representative do not use their powers in eight designated situations to support a term limits amendment, the Secretary of State would be required to place the words "Disregarded Voter's Instruction on Term Limits" on the ballot next to that candidates name at his/her next election. A candidate who is not currently in the Senate or the House would be given an opportunity to take a pledge supporting term limits and agreeing, if elected, to use his/her powers to enact the amendment. The Secretary of State would be required to place the words "Declined to Pledge to Support Term Limits" on the ballot next to the name of a candidate who refused to pledge. These restrictions would continue until a constitutional amendment establishing term limits is enacted by Congress and ratified by the states.
Supporters
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