Delaware would limit officials' terms after two legislative approvals

Delaware would bar a person from a sixth Senate election or a ninth House election. The limits apply to candidates for Delaware's state Senate and House. The current legislature and the next must approve the same changes. Each chamber needs votes from two-thirds of its elected members. The limits would start at each office's next election after the amendment takes effect. Terms completed before that election would not count.

Delaware would bar the covered officers from serving more than two terms in the same office. The offices are attorney general, insurance commissioner, auditor of accounts, and state treasurer. Appointed and elected terms both count. The current legislature and the next must approve the same changes, with two-thirds of elected members in each chamber voting yes. The limit would start at each office's next election after the amendment takes effect. Terms completed before that election would not count.