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Lincoln County commissioners vote 3–2 to recommend statewide term limits to the General Assembly
Summary
After legal guidance that local term limits would require a state constitutional amendment, the board voted 3–2 to send a recommendation to the General Assembly asking it to consider statewide term limits; public commenters urged action and one commissioner opposed the recommendation.
Lincoln County commissioners voted 3–2 to send a recommendation to the North Carolina General Assembly asking it to consider statewide term limits for county elected offices.
County Attorney Megan Gilbert told the board that, under North Carolina case law and guidance from the School of Government, counties lack authority to impose local term limits. “So the only way that a term limit can actually be done legally is…
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