Petition Status Find information about active and inactive petitions, including initiative, referendum, and recall petitions. Search Petitions Petition Type (Required) * Initiative Recall Referendum Status (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Topic Petition Topic All Petition IDs Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Petition Topic (Short Title) Submit Reset form If you are human, leave this field blank. Your search returned 1 results. Return to Petitions page. An Act requiring ballot information pertaining to legislative and congressional term limits. Initiative Id: 97TERM | AG File Number: 663-97-0437 State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors James Kentch, Sylvia Short, Kentlee Woodman The initiative appeared on the November 3, 1998 election ballot and was approved by a vote of: YES – 109,613 NO – 108,731 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 97TERM ballot language (pdf) Petition Details Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on June 16, 1997. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on June 16, 1997. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on June 23, 1997. The application was certified on September 8, 1997. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on September 17, 1997. The one year filing deadline was September 15, 1998. Petition booklets were submitted to the Division of Elections on January 12, 1998. Lieutenant Governor Ulmer certified the petition for this initiative as properly filed on April 17, 1998.