Term Limits for the Top Five? The Court Ruling Didn't Apply to the Governor and 4 Other Elected Leaders, but They Haven't Indicated That Challenging the Law Is in Their Plans.
Wyoming Tribune - Eagle › September 21, 2005
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CHEYENNE -- Since Wyoming's term-limits law for legislators was overturned, many have wondered what that could mean for the law that requires the state's top five elected officials to step down after eight years of service.
In a decision last week, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled the law limiting legislators to 12 years of service in the House of Representatives or the Senate was unconstitutional. But that decision did not apply to the state's top five officials -- the governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor and state superintendent of public instruction -- because no one currently holding those offices was represented in the lawsuit.See the full content of this document
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Term Limits for the Top Five? The Court Ruling Didn't Apply to the Governor and 4 Other Elected Leaders, but They Haven't Indicated That Challenging the Law Is in Their Plans.
Many believe the same logic likely would apply to both term- limits laws, as each places restrictions on a person's right to run for office that are not contained in the Wyoming Constitution.
"That would seem to be the result," Secre...See the full content of this document
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