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Resolutions & Amendments

31st International Convention - San Diego, CA (1994)

Term Limits and Voter Rights

Resolution No. 49
31st International Convention
June 27-July 1, 1994
San Diego, CA

WHEREAS:

            Opponents of public spending for public services have tried without success to shut down government services by having legislative majorities with their views elected to Congress and state legislatures; and

WHEREAS:

            These same forces are similarly frustrated in their attempt to stop public spending by Constitutional amendment; and

WHEREAS:

            The latest ploy of these anti-public spending reactionaries is to foster artificial "term limits" restricting the right of every voter to vote for whatever candidate they choose; and

WHEREAS:

            The American political process already has a perfectly good system of term limits called "elections."

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

            That AFSCME opposes all attempts to impose artificial "term limits" on the American election process.

SUBMITTED BY:  

 

0. Rowland Williams, President and Delegate
Debbie Davis, Secretary
AFSCME Local 1060, Council 28
Washington