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Interpreting Policies. A city charters sole policy on reelection states
A person who has served three consecutive terms of four years each shall be eligible for appointment, nomination for or election to the office of councilmember no sooner than for a term beginning eight years after completion of that councilmember ’s third consecutive full term.
a. What is the maximum number of consecutive years that a councilmember could serve?
b. How many years must a councilmember who has served three consecutive full terms wail before running for office again?
c. Suppose a councilmember has served two consecutive full terms and is then defeated for reelection. According to this provision, is she or he required to wait 8 years before running for office again?
d. Suppose a councilmember serves three consecutive full terms and is reelected 10 years later. According to this provision, how many consecutive terms can she or he serve at that time?
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