November 1994
From the Archives: Term Limits in Illinois
The term limit issue has been sweeping the country. Since 1990, voters in 15 states have used the petition and referendum process to impose term limits on their state legislators.
Earlier this year [1994] in Illinois, term limit supporters filed 437,088 petition signatures from almost every county calling for a statewide referendum on term limits. The proposed “Eight is Enough” constitutional amendment would limit state legislators to no more than eight years in the General Assembly.
