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Local official term limits ballot measures

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As a state ballot measure topic, local official term limits include measures to limit the number of terms that local government officials, such as mayors or sheriffs, can serve. The topic is grouped within the election policy area.

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The following is a list of state ballot measures related to local official term limits certified for this year and future elections:

There are no ballot measures related to this topic that have qualified for the ballot.

List of ballot measures

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2011

  1. Texas Proposition 10, Automatic Resignation Term Length Amendment (2011) Approved

2009

  1. Texas Proposition 10, Emergency Service District Board Term Limits Amendment (2009) Approved

2005

  1. Texas Proposition 9, Regional Mobility Authority Term Limits Amendment (2005) Defeated

2002

  1. Colorado Referendum A, Term Limits for Elected District Attorneys Amendment (2002) Defeated
  2. Idaho Reinstatement of Term Limits through Ballot Restrictions Initiative, Initiative 2 (2002) Approved

2001

  1. Texas Proposition 4, Firefighters' Pension Commissioner Terms Amendment (2001) Approved

2000

  1. New Mexico Eliminate Term Limits for County Officials, Question 2 (2000) Defeated

1998

  1. Idaho Ballot Access Restrictions, HB 644 (1998) Approved
  2. New Mexico Rules for County Officials in their Second Terms, Amendment 3 (1998) Approved

1996

  1. Nevada Question 9A, State and Local Public Officer Term Limits Initiative (1996) Approved

1995

  1. Mississippi Term Limits, Initiative 4 (1995) Defeated

1994

  1. Idaho Establish Term Limits Initiative, Initiative 2 (1994) Approved
  2. Utah Initiative A, Term Limits and Runoff Elections Measure (1994) Defeated
  3. West Virginia Remove Sheriff's Term Limit, Amendment 2 (1994) Defeated

1986

  1. Idaho County Coroner Term Limits, SJR 102 (1986) Approved
  2. Kentucky Expands Term Limits of Mayors, Amendment 2 (1986) Approved
  3. West Virginia Repeal of the Limitation on Sheriff's Succession, Amendment 4 (1986) Defeated

1985

  1. Maine Sheriff Term Limits, Constitutional Amendment 9 (1985) Approved

1984

  1. Kentucky Term Limits on Sheriffs, Amendment 1 (1984) Approved
  2. New York Amendment 1, Sheriff and County Clerk Terms Amendment (1984) Approved

1982

  1. Idaho County Prosecuting Attorney Term Limit, HJR 15 (1982) Approved
  2. Texas Proposition 4, Water and Conversation District Board Terms Amendment (1982) Approved
  3. West Virginia Sheriff’s Succession Amendment, Amendment 2 (1982) Defeated

1981

  1. Kentucky Proposes a Change in Elected Officials Term Limits, Amendment 1 (November 1981) Defeated

1978

  1. Indiana County Sheriff Term Limits, Amendment 2 (1978) Defeated

1970

  1. Idaho Four Year Term for County Assessor, HJR 3 (1970) Approved
  2. Idaho Four Year Term for County Treasurer, SJR 121 (1970) Approved

1967

  1. Wisconsin Question 6, Sheriff Term Limits Amendment (April 1967) Approved

1966

  1. Texas Proposition 4, Directors of Conservation and Reclamation Districts Term Length Amendment (1966) Defeated

1964

  1. Arizona Proposition 104, Four-Year Term Limits for County Officers Amendment (1964) Approved

1962

  1. Montana County Attorney Term Limits, Amendment 1 (1962) Approved
  2. West Virginia Sheriffs Succession Amendment, Amendment 3 (1962) Defeated

1961

  1. Wisconsin Question 2, Sheriff Term Limits Amendment (April 1961) Defeated

1958

  1. North Dakota Terms of State and County Offices, Referendum 3 (1958) Defeated

1956

  1. Wisconsin Question 3, Sheriff Term Limits Amendment (April 1956) Defeated

1948

  1. New Mexico Proposed Amendment, Four-year Terms for County Officers (1948) Defeated

1946

  1. Wisconsin Question 1, Sheriff Term Limits Amendment (April 1946) Defeated

1944

  1. Illinois County Officer Term Limit Amendment (1944) Defeated

1937

  1. New York Terms for Sheriffs, Amendment 4 (1937) Approved

1936

  1. South Dakota Amendment C, Superintendents of Schools Elections Measure (1936) Approved

1932

  1. Colorado Measure 1, Four-Year Terms for County Officials Amendment (1932) Defeated
  2. South Dakota Amendment A, Terms of Superintendents of Schools Measure (1932) Defeated

1930

  1. North Dakota Four Year Term Limit Initiative (1930) Defeated

1929

  1. Wisconsin Question 2, Sheriff Term Limits Amendment (April 1929) Approved

1922

  1. Colorado Measure 8, Four-Year Terms for County Officers Amendment (1922) Defeated

1914

  1. South Dakota Amendment 3, Remove Superintendent of Schools Term Limit Measure (1914) Defeated

1911

  1. California Proposition 11, Qualifications for Certain Term Limits Amendment (October 1911) Approved

1894

  1. South Dakota Superintendent of Schools Successive Term Limit Amendment (1894) Defeated

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