A Suffolk ballot question that backers say would head off the need for local elections in 2026 could be susceptible to legal challenges, experts told Newsday.

The proposition — the "term limit preservation act" — asks voters whether they want county legislators to double their term length, from two to four years. It would allow them to serve past their term limit to account for a change in state law that shifts elections to "even" years. And it would effectively move the next election for legislators from 2026 to 2028.

But observers point to potential problems, such as changing the term for offices that are on the current ballot, since voters wouldn’t know how long the term will end up being. Some parts of the proposition could also be in conflict with or redundant to the new state law,

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