North Dakota Farm Bureau and North Dakota Farmers Union are working together in opposition to a ballot initiative seeking term limits. The constitutional ballot measure would limit the time in office for a governor or state legislator. NDFB President Daryl Lies says it is already difficult to maintain representation for rural issues. “We believe we should have the opportunity and freedom to vote for our choice, not for someone who was just put on the ballot because the other guy hit a subjective date and is no longer able to do it.” Lies says there is a common misconception about this term limits measure. “This has nothing to do with limiting on the federal or congressional level and people, I think, believe in term limits because of what we see going on in Washington, D.C.” North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne said term limits put more power into the hands of professional lobbyists and career bureaucrats.
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