Sentences with phrase «retention elections in state»
The article provides a detailed look at the major points and statistics surrounding retention elections in state courts.
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Illinois has a two - method election process for all three courts in the state (Supreme, Appellate, Circuit): judges must win their initial term in elections but obtain additional terms via winning by at least 60 % yes / no retention elections.
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In six states where judges are standing in yes / no retention elections — Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, and Utah — official judicial performance evaluation (JPE) programs are providing citizens with impartial assessments of judges» performance on the bencIn six states where judges are standing in yes / no retention elections — Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, and Utah — official judicial performance evaluation (JPE) programs are providing citizens with impartial assessments of judges» performance on the bencin yes / no retention elections — Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, and Utah — official judicial performance evaluation (JPE) programs are providing citizens with impartial assessments of judges» performance on the bench.
To top it all off most of the appellate judges in the state are up for a yes / no retention election in August 2014.
(Kansas is an ideal state for such analyses as trial judges face both contested and retention elections, depending on the county in which they sit.)
Arizona's constitution provides that judges for the Superior Court in counties with a population over 250,000 are selected via the state's merit / commission system and subject to retention elections.
Week ahead: retention elections for NC appellate courts; Texas AG can get special 3 - judge courts to hear challenges to state laws; another TX interim study on judicial selection; broadcasting TN Supreme Court hearings online; mandate veterans courts in every CA Superior Court; guns in IL courthouses but not courtrooms
No state has such as reappoint + reconfirm + retention election system, although the idea did meet with some support in Tennessee's Senate Judiciary Committee in 2012.
The article also addresses methods some states have implemented in retention elections.