Menifee, California, Measure J, Term Limits Elimination (November 2018)
| Measure J: Menifee Term Limits Elimination |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Defeated
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| Topic: |
| Local term limits |
| Related articles |
| Local term limits on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in California Riverside County, California ballot measures Local elections and campaigns on the ballot |
| See also |
| Menifee, California |
A measure to eliminate term limits was on the ballot for Menifee voters in Riverside County, California, on November 6, 2018. It was defeated.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of eliminating the city's term limits of two consecutive terms or eight consecutive years for city council members. |
| A no vote was a vote against eliminating the city's term limits for city council members, thereby leaving the restriction that council members cannot serve more than two consecutive terms or eight consecutive years in place. |
Election results
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Menifee Measure J |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 7,912 | 28.56% | ||
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19,791 | 71.44% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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Shall Ordinance 2018-XXX, eliminating term limits applicable to the City Council members of the City of Menifee, and to the Mayor of the City of Menifee, be adopted?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Menifee City Attorney:
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The City Council of the City of Menifee (“City Council”) has placed before the voters the question whether to eliminate term limitations that are currently applicable to City Council members and the Mayor of the City of Menifee The Menifee Municipal Code currently specifies that any person that has served two successive terms or eight consecutive years as a councilmember shall be ineligible to serve in that office again until an intervening two year period has elapsed. In a separate section, the Menifee Municipal Code currently imposes the same term limitations on the office of the Mayor. If this Measure J is adopted, the term limitations imposed by the Menifee Municipal Code shall be repealed and, as a result, there shall be no limitations on the number of consecutive terms that a person may serve as a member of the City Council, or as the Mayor, of the City of Menifee. A “Yes” vote is a vote in favor of the repeal of the term limitations that currently apply to City Council members and the Mayor of the City of Menifee. A “No” vote is a vote to retain the existing term limitations applicable to City Council members and the Mayor of the City of Menifee. This measure will be approved if it receives a simple majority of “Yes” votes.[2] |
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| —Menifee City Attorney[1] | ||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Menifee, California.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Voter's Edge, "Measure J," accessed October 7, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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