Utah Initiative A, Term Limits and Runoff Elections Measure (1994)

Utah Initiative A
Election date November 8, 1994
Topic Congressional term limits and Executive official term limits
Status Defeated
Type Indirect initiated state statute	Origin Citizens

Utah Initiative A was on the ballot as an indirect initiated state statute in Utah on November 8, 1994. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported this ballot initiative to: establish term limits on congressional, state, and local officers, excluding judges; require a runoff election for any office if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in a general or special election; and call for runoff elections for 1994 races in which no candidate received a majority on Tuesday, December 6, 1994.

A "no" vote opposed this ballot initiative to: establish term limits on congressional, state, and local officers, excluding judges; require a runoff election for any office if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in a general or special election; and call for runoff elections for 1994 races in which no candidate received a majority on Tuesday, December 6, 1994.

Election results

Utah Initiative A
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		172,122	35.17%
No		317,240	64.83%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Initiative A was as follows:

“

Shall a law be enacted to:  create a term limit on each United States Senator, United States Congressional Representative, and each state and county officer, except judges, unless that person held that office on April 15, 1993;  require a run-off election after each general or special election for a federal, state, county, or other political subdivision office in which no candidate received a majority vote for the office; and  provide run-off election procedures specifically for 1994?

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Utah

An indirect initiated state statute is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends state statute. While a direct initiative is placed on the ballot once supporters file the required number of valid signatures, an indirect initiative is first presented to the state legislature. Legislators have a certain number of days, depending on the state, to adopt the initiative into law. Should legislators take no action or reject the initiative, a second round of signatures is required to put the initiative on the ballot for voters to decide.

See also

1994 Measures

• 1994 Measures
• Executive official term limits on the ballot
• Local official term limits on the ballot
• State legislative term limits on the ballot
• Runoff elections on the ballot
• Congressional term limits on the ballot
• 1994 legislative sessions

Utah

• Utah ballot measures
• Utah ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Utah Voter Guide (1994)