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Judicial Elections Amendment
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When we passed judicial reform, we never specified the electoral rules for judicial elections. I propose that we codify the method just used by the Election Commission, which went smoothly and didn't have any serious problems.

Article 1, Section 10 of the Code of Laws would amended as such:

"10. All other elected offices Cabinet offices will be voted on separately and be elected by a plurality vote. Court Justices will be voted through a single ballot, with the three candidates who receive the most votes winning seats."

Article 2, Section 11 of the Code of Laws would be amended:

"11. In all elections an option to re-open nominations will be included. For non-judicial elections, if this option receives the most votes the nomination period for that office will be restarted."

An additional section - Article 2, Section 12 - would be added, with all other sections being renumbered appropriately:

"12. For Court Justice elections, if the option to Re-Open Nominations receives enough votes to be placed within the top three, then the nomination period will be restarted for all seats with lesser votes than this option. The candidates who receive the top votes will win however many seats are left to be filled."

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Judicial Elections Amendment - by sandaoguo - 04-22-2014, 04:26 PM



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