Appeals Court Says Term Limits Can’t Be On Ballot
An Illinois appeals court has upheld a ruling that a term limits question cannot appear on the November ballot.
A three-judge panel of the Chicago-based 1st District Court of Appeals issued its decision Wednesday.
The Committee for Legislative Reform and Term Limits gathered about 600,000 signatures for an initiative to limit legislators to eight years in office, among other changes. The group is led by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner.
But attorneys with ties to top Democrats sued to keep the measure off the ballot.
A Cook County judge sided with the group, calling the effort unconstitutional.
The term limits group appealed. They're now expected to ask the Illinois Supreme Court to consider the issue.
The high court declined earlier this year to immediately consider the lower court's ruling.
After the ruling was announced, the Committee for Legislative Reform and Term Limits announced it would immediately appeal it to the Illinois Supreme Court.
Links
- Rauner Pressures Illinois Supreme Court To Rule On Term Limits
- Rauner Continues To Push For Term Limits
- Rauner Vows To Keep Fighting For Term Limits Referendum
- Supreme Court Won’t Take Up Term Limits
- Judge Nixes Illinois Term Limits, Remap Initiatives
- Term Limits Push Has Enough Signatures, But Lawsuit Still Threatens
- Quinn Backs Term Limits For Constitutional Officers
- Top Republicans Propose Term Limits For Governor, Other Executive Officers