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How long would you make the terra of the
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members of the legislature and, if bicameral, would
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you vary it for the Senate or the House, as Congress
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says? What would you do in this respect, Mr. Moore?
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DELEGATE MOORE: I'd say a minimum of four
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years and a maximum of four years, in both houses,
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the way it is now. I think certainly two years would
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be too small a term.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Would you stagger it?
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DELEGATE MOORE: I would not stagger it.
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THE CHAIRMAN: You would have them all
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elected at the same time?
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DELEGATE MOORE: As we have it in the
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present system.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Does anyone else have a
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feeling about that? We would like to get your feeling
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on this question. This has taken a good deal of our
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attention at committee meetings.
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DELEGATE KIRCHER: I feel the same, Dr. Bard,
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as Mr. Moore, that a two-year term is too short, entirely
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too short. In other words, with a new member coming into
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