term limits
Politician expiration dates
Term limits are legal restrictions on how long a person may hold a particular office.
In the United States, presidents are limited to two terms by the Twenty-Second Amendment.
Many state and local offices have similar caps: The city council has term limits of three consecutive terms.
Advocates argue term limits prevent entrenchment; critics say they sacrifice experience and shift power to unelected staff.
Formal choosing of officials
- electorateEligible voting body
- representationDepiction or likeness
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- votingFormally registering a choice
ballot · civic duty · participation · transparency · anti-corruption · reform · incumbency · reelection
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- amendmentChange to official text
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- restrictionLimit on action
rotation · succession · tenure · oversight · accountability · balance of power · checks and balances · separation of powers
Fortified or fixed position
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- name recognitionPublic familiarity with someone
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
- political dynastyFamily holding power generationally
safe seat · gerrymandering · complacency · insider · establishment · seniority · experience · continuity
Sales volume or attrition
- new bloodRecently joined members
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- diversityState of varied elements
- reformImprove by correcting faults
innovation · leadership transition · opportunity · rotation · succession planning · infusion · rejuvenation · dynamism
elections
Formal choosing of officials
- electorateEligible voting body
- representationDepiction or likeness
- citizenshipStatus as state member
voting · ballot · civic duty · participation · transparency · anti-corruption · reform · incumbency · reelection · challenger
constitution
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- amendmentChange to official text
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
restriction · rotation · succession · tenure · oversight · accountability · balance of power · checks and balances · separation of powers · executive
entrenchment
Fortified or fixed position
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- name recognitionPublic familiarity with someone
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
political dynasty · safe seat · gerrymandering · complacency · insider · establishment · seniority · experience · continuity · power consolidation
turnover
Sales volume or attrition
reform · innovation · leadership transition · opportunity · rotation · succession planning · infusion · rejuvenation · dynamism
- California governmentstate constitution, legislature, executive branch, judicial branch, governor
- Government Reformbudget reform, fiscal reform, government reform, policy reform, regulatory reform
- judicial reformjudicial reform, court reform, justice reform, legal reform, judicial independence
- local politicstown council, city councils, town meeting, mayors, alderman
- bylawsarticles, voting, clause, membership, provision
- Municipal Reformzoning reform, budget reform, pension reform, tax reform, city charter
term limitscareer politicians
term limitstenure system
Guaranteed long-term employment structure
hereditary succession · monarchy · sinecure · seniority system
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