Proposal To Place Term Limits On Statewide Elected Officials Fails In #Louisiana House Committee

By Brandon Comeaux May 1, 2013 4:53 PM

Erath Rep. Simone Champagne’s bill that would have asked voters if they wanted to place term limits on statewide elected officials has been defeated in the La. House Governmental Affairs Committee by a 6 to 2 vote.

Rep. Champagne says the governor is already term-limited to two terms, so other statewide elected officials should be as well.

This is something that I believe that our constituents – mine, yours, all people across this state – deserve an opportunity to vote on this issue.

Champagne says a recent statewide poll shows a large percentage of Louisiana voters support term limits for statewide elected officials. “And those numbers were, as a matter of fact, 82.7% statewide of the people polled wanted term limits across the state,” says Champagne.

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