term limits

The  Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission (OCMC) will consider two proposals to amend the Ohio Constitution to extend term limits for Ohio legislators.  The Legislative Branch and Executive Branch Committee recommended these proposals to the full commission.  Both proposals would extend terms limits in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate to twelve years instead of eight.  […]

WOSU public radio explored The Impact of Term Limits in their recent podcast.    Podcast participants included: Rob Walgate, Vice President at the American Policy Roundtable Herb Asher, professor emeritus of political science and former Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at OSU Representative Michael Curtin, Ohio House of Representatives, author of “The Ohio Politics Almanac”

The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission will consider whether to increase the maximum term an Ohio legistator can serve from eight years to twelve years.  See Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission’s Facebook post.  A recent Akron Beacon Journal editorial, Fix redistricting now, term limits next year, suggests waiting on the term limits issue.  While liberal and conservative

WKSU radio is doing a 3 part series on the work of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission.  The first broadcast deals with legislative term limits.  Listen to the broadcast or read the broadcast transcript here. The second broadcast focuses on redistricting.

According to newspaper articles, the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission may suggest a change in Ohio legislative term limits, urging the legislature to put an amendment on the ballot next year. Under discussion is an extension of eight-year term limits to 12 years.  See Limited Value (editorial), Akron Beacon Journal, July 25, 2014. Also see Plan