Sentences with phrase «judicial election system»

SB 2238 Requires the judiciary, office of elections, and campaign spending commission to study appropriate methods of implementing a judicial election system in the State and submit a written report, including proposed legislation, to the legislature.

The idea of ending these partisan primary elections was at one point in 2014 part of Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor's plan to change the state's judicial election system, but was eventually dropped.

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«The judicial process, the judicial system of Kenya and the election laws themselves make full and adequate provision for accountability in this election,» said Kerry, an election observer for the Carter Center.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

Trust in our court system has also been undermined by judicial elections plagued with partisan and often - misleading information about the candidates because of the increase in special - interest financial contributions in the races.

The tool will be location specific, meaning that users will enter an address to see the judicial elections they will be voting in and then be provided with key information, insights and context about candidates, their views and the court system.

«We want it to become an election issue and because there is a surplus [in the budget],» says CBABC president Michael Welsh, adding that now that the provincial government has extra funds, some of it should be directed toward improving the B.C. judicial system.

They attack her for her involvement in efforts to remove the grotesque amounts of money now flooding into judicial elections — often from out - of - state corporate front groups - and supporting a Nevada voter initiative that would replace such a system with merit selection of judges.

The Court did not address judicial elections, nor indicate whether the same analysis would apply in assessing the constitutionality of matching fund systems for judicial candidates.

Scholars, lawyers and bar associations have been nearly unanimous in condemning judicial elections; they support the federal system of appointment and «life tenure.»