The state's 2nd District Court of Appeals stayed a judge's order yesterday that the City Council's term limits measure should be taken off the November ballot. It stays on pending an Oct. 3 hearing on the merits — though at that point it would be too late to strike the issue from printed ballot materials. Election law expert Rick Hasen explains here why the court acted.
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