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Constitutional Convention Commission (Committee Hearings, Testimony)
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the legislature, by the time he really finds the various

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ways to do things in the legislature, his term would be

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up or 18 months of his term would be up and he would be

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starting to campaign for reelection.

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1 can remember when I ran four years ago,

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when we ran for congressman. It seemed like a day or

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two later, the same congressmen were running for election

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two years later and by that time I felt I was really

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getting my feet on the ground in the legislature and

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starting to learn where to go and how to do things. At

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this time, I could have my duties complicated with the

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campaign or have it take part of my attention away from

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them. I feel the same as Mr. Moore, that the four-year

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term would be a necessity and I wouldn't like the

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staggering, from the aspect of being a member of either

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the House or the Senate, if it were bicameral, because

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I think that the senators or the members of the House

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who were going to stay for the additional two years,

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say if it were a four-year staggered term, to a four-

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year basis, that they would have to a degree a weapon

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that they could use in negotiating on particular bills



 

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