U.S. Term Limits

U.S. Term Limits
501(c)(3)
Leadership:	Howard Rich
Political ideology:	Nonpartisan
Key issues:	Term limits
Website	U.S. Term Limits

U.S. Term Limits (or USTL) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that lobbies for term limits for elected officials at each level of government in the United States. It is associated with the U.S. Term Limits Foundation, a 501(c)(4). Among other activities, USTL supports ballot initiatives as a way for citizens to impose term limits on elected officials. The organization was established in 1992. Since the group began, term limits have been placed on 15 state legislatures, and eight of the ten largest American cities have adopted term limits for their city councils.

Philip Blumel is the organization's president.. New York libertarian Howard Rich is on the board of directors.

Ballot measures

Year	State	Measure	Position	Result	Yes	No
2008	South Dakota	Amendment J	U.S.T.L. opposed	d	87,361	272,551
2008	California	Proposition 93	U.S.T.L. opposed	d	3,961,466 (46.4%)	4,574,826 (53.6%)
2007	Maine	Question Five	U.S.T.L. opposed	d	82,874 (33%)	167,135 (67%)
2006	Oregon	Measure 45	U.S.T.L. supported	d	555,016 (41.3%)	788,895 (58.7%)

Ballot access litigation

In 1999, U.S. Term Limits was a co-plaintiff in Initiative & Referendum Institute v. Jaeger, an unsuccessful lawsuit challenging North Dakota's residency requirement.

See also

• U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton
• List of term limits ballot measures
• Alliance for California's Renewal
• Paul Jacob
• Howard Rich

External links

• U.S. Term Limits homepage
• Term limits stop pork barrel politics