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12/03/2008
Chavez seeks to remove term limits (Miami Herald)
Hugo Chavez wants to remain president of Venezuela for life, and this week he began campaigning for Venezuelans to lift term limits so he can run for re-election indefinitely.
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12/03/2008
Venezuela vote on term limits possible in February (Miami Herald)
The vice president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council says that a referendum on abolishing presidential term limits could be held in February.
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12/03/2008
Hugo Chávez seeks to remove term limits (Miami Herald)
Hugo Chávez wants to remain president of Venezuela for life, and this week he began campaigning for Venezuelans to lift term limits so he can run for re-election indefinitely.
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12/03/2008
Chavez seeks to remove term limits (The State)
Hugo Chavez wants to remain president of Venezuela for life, and this week he began campaigning for Venezuelans to lift term limits so he can run for re-election indefinitely. "The opposition will not stop our revolution!" Chavez told hundreds of red-shirted supporters at a rally in Miranda state Tuesday night. Chavez, 54, wants Venezuelans to approve an amendment to the constitution in February ...
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12/01/2008
Chavez urges quick action to end term limits (AP via Yahoo! News)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his supporters on Monday to move quickly on organizing a vote on abolishing term limits — a change that could clear the way for him to stay in office another decade.
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12/02/2008
Hugo Chavez's Call To End Term Limits Pre-Empts Economic Woes (Nasdaq)
CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's surprise call to quickly scrap presidential term limits appears to be anticipating a future loss of popularity as the economy slows.
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12/03/2008
Chavez seeks to remove term limits (The Charlotte Observer)
(By TYLER BRIDGES, McClatchy Newspapers) Hugo Chavez wants to remain president of Venezuela for life, and this week he began campaigning for Venezuelans to lift term limits so he can run for re-election indefinitely. "The opposition will not stop our revolution!" Chavez told hundreds of red-shirted supporters at a rally in Miranda state Tuesday night. Chavez, 54, wants Venezuelans to approve an ...
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12/02/2008
Councilor seeks ballot question on term limits (Boston Globe)
The Boston City Council is wrestling with the idea of term limits for future mayors and councilors, a debate that coincides with calls for checks on the power of city and state politicians after an FBI bribery investigation.
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12/02/2008
Organization files paperwork to promote specific term limits for all statewide officials (The Daily Dunklin Democrat)
Jefferson City, Mo.,-- On Monday, a new Missouri organization promoting term limits has filed paperwork with the Missouri Secretary of State that would place term limits on all statewide offices in Missouri state government.
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12/01/2008
Chavez urges quick action to end term limits (The Charlotte Observer)
(By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER, Associated Press Writer) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his supporters on Monday to move quickly on organizing a vote on abolishing term limits - a change that could clear the way for him to stay in office another decade. The socialist president, who was first elected a decade ago, sought to abolish term limits last year, but Venezuelan voters rejected the ...
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  • Citizens for Term Limit Awareness - Supports term limits in the US Congress in order to alleviate career politicians. Includes position statement, articles on term limits, and historic quotes.
  • OligarchyUSA - OligarchyUSA.com describes the real nature of the world we live in... and how we must change it to restore effective democracy. Book Title: The Case For A One-Term Presidency.
  • Real Term Limits: Now More than Ever - Presents arguments for term limits and rebuffs several anti-term limit arguments.
  • Support Term Limits for Congress - Provides a way to contact your representative about supporting term limits for Congress.
  • Term Limits in Politics - Short argument against term limits.
  • U. S. Term Limits - National activist organization which asks candidates for the U.S. Congress to sign a pledge limiting themselves to no more than three terms in the House or two terms in the Senate. [Relies on imagemaps for navigation.]
  • U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995). - This case explains why it is unconstitutional for a state law to require term limits for US Congressional representatives.
  • What Term Limits Do That Ordinary Voting Cannot - This article contests the argument that we have term limits in the form of elections.
  • Why I oppose Term Limits - Site examines arguments against term limits and provides alternatives to term limits.
  • Term limits prevailing (St. Petersburg Times) - Tampa mayor falls victim to term limits when voters reject an act repealing the law. (Election 2000 coverage.) (November 8, 2000)
  • Missouri Term Limits Ballot Measure goes to U.S. Supreme Court (CNN.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of a Missouri law that requires notices on ballots that identify candidates who do not support term limits. (November 3, 2000)
  • Term Limits Take Effect (Washington Post) - Report on Term limit movements across the country, on a state and national level. (March 5, 1999)
  • Washingtonpost.com: Term Limits Special Report - Chart showing when state legislature term limits will go into effect. (June 2, 1998)

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