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NDFU President Mark Watne joins this episode of Plain Talk to talk about why his group, which represents thousands of farmers across the state, opposes term limits.

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"The biggest problem with the measure is it robs voters of the right to elect legislators they continue to support," the letter states.

"I don't know that this gives the state the stability it has had in the past," Kent French, an activist who was a pioneer in using North Dakota's petitioning process to enact reforms, including term limits for members of Congress, said on this episode of Plain Talk.

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Prop 1 aims to expose conflicts of interest and slow "revolving door" in Lansing, allowing legislators to spend more time in one chamber.

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“We felt it important to voice together our concerns about this measure,” said North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne in a statement his group released jointly with the NDFB. “At Farmers Union, we have longstanding policy that opposes term limits because they are a limitation on the rights of citizens to choose and elect their public officials. Term limits also put more power into the hands of professional lobbyists and career bureaucrats.”

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