County Commission Elections

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled late Wednesday that voter-approved term limits for local elected officials are constitutional. The order has thrown the May 2nd Knox County Commission primary election into turmoil. In 1994, Knox County voters approved term limits for county commissioners. But they weren't enforced while the courts examined the constitutionality of them. Now that the Supreme Court has upheld term limits, 12 County Commissioners may be removed from the primary ballot because their re-election would violate the term limit rule. Commissioner Mark Cawood has served five terms and until today, planned on running for a sixth. He tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd the Supreme Court decision took everyone by surprise...

Posted by mpowell7 at March 30, 2006 05:45 PM | Links to this post
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