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and things, that they were going to be here definitely
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next year or for the next two years, where I, as a
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member running for reelection, may not be and may
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yield to pressures that they would put forth for the
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passage of certain bills or the defeat of certain bills;
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and I don't think the staggering system would be good.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Kircher, some of the
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reference material in this area refers to the virtue
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of the staggering system as used by the United States
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Senate, and I wonder if either of the presiding offi-
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cers would like to comment on that?
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DELEGATE MANDEL: I'd like to comment on it.
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I would be opposed to staggered term for one simple
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reason. I think if we get into the staggered term,
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we are going to get into the same system as the Congress
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has and that's the seniority, and I don't think it's
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good for a State legislature. I think you can't avoid
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getting into that kind of system with a staggered term
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because the older members whose terms are continuing,
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while the one-third or whatever the percentage of it
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is who are being reelected, the older members are going
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