West Virginia residents will decide on Election Day whether to repeal a current law that sets term limits for county sheriffs.

A proposed state constitution amendment would repeal the current law that limits sheriffs to two consecutive terms.

Hancock County Sheriff Mike While, who is also president of the West Virginia Sheriff's Association, said the organization backs the proposal to eliminate term limits.

"We're only one of three states that are term limited and the rest of the nation isn't. And I just think it's time we move forward," White said.

The wording that voters will see on the ballot will ask if they want to repeal the two consecutive term limits for sheriffs in West Virginia.

According to the West Virginia secretary of state's website, voters will see the following proposed amendment to the West Virginia Constitution. Ratification of the amendment requires a majority vote. If the amendment is ratified by the voters, the language below will be removed completely from the West Virginia Constitution, and nothing will be added in its place.

Voting "For" the amendment" means you are in favor of removing the two-term limit on county sheriffs. Voting "Against" the amendment means you are in favor of keeping the two term limit on county sheriffs. The ballot will read:

"A person who has been elected or who has served as a sheriff during all or any part of two consecutive terms shall be ineligible for the office of sheriff during any part of the term immediately following the second of the two consecutive terms. The person holding the office of sheriff when this section is ratified shall not be prevented from holding the office of sheriff during the term immediately following the term he is then serving."

White is in the final months of his second term in office, which means he won't be sheriff in the new years. But he said if the law is repealed it won't keep him in office, because he's already a term-limited sheriff.

"If the amendment is voted on and passed it will do me no good. It will be for whoever comes into the office next or for other sheriff's in the future," White said.

And for that reason, he's crusading for the next person who takes his spot.

"If (term limits are) eliminated, when you do get a good sheriff, you could keep that sheriff and you don't lose all those years of experience. Not just in sheriff; put in the law enforcement they bring on board," White said.

The general election is set for Tuesday, Nov. 6. For more Decision 2012 coverage, visit our special section.