Those voters' wishes expressed in polls even trumped the voters' own wishes as expressed at the ballot box (since the essence of term limits was to limit the voters' right to vote for whom they wanted).
This was not the first instance wherein the government wished to restrict the wishes of the voters.
mnli hypothesis: This was not the first instance wherein the government wished to restrict the wishes of the voters. premise: Those voters' wishes expressed in polls even trumped the voters' own wishes as expressed at the ballot box (since the essence of term limits was to limit the voters' right to vote for whom they wanted).