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Nonpartisan Selection Of Judges Of The District Court

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Section
20-2901

Proposition of method of selection of judges of district court; submission of proposition on filing of petition or in newly established district.

Section
20-2902

Application of 20-2903 to 20-2913 to judicial districts adopting proposition of nonpartisan selection of judges of the district court, judicial district defined; effect on terms of incumbent judges; constitutional restriction on political activities; removal.

Section
20-2903

District judicial nominating commission; establishment; composition; chairperson, appointment, duties; purpose of commission.

Section
20-2904

Same; lawyer members; qualifications; selection.

Section
20-2905

Same; nonlawyer members; numbers; qualifications; appointments; certification.

Section
20-2906

Same; terms of office; members ineligible for certain positions; vacancies.

Section
20-2907

Same; oath of members; meetings; meeting place; rules of procedure; quorum; expenses; duties of county commissioners; public body subject to open meetings act.

Section
20-2908

Same; retention of incumbent judge; declaration of candidacy; rejection by electors, vacancy; retention, term of office; eligibility for office after rejection; applicability of election laws.

Section
20-2909

Same; vacancy in office of judge of the district court; nominations for successor by district judicial nominating commission; tendering nominations; certification of nominations to governor; time limitations.

Section
20-2910

Same; withdrawal of nomination; substitution of nominee; two or more vacancies, withdrawal of lists of nominations; resubmission of nominations.

Section
20-2911

Same; appointment of successor by governor; time limitations; failure of governor to appoint, appointment by chief justice; effective date of appointment.

Section
20-2912

Same; taking office; rights, privileges, powers and duties; terms of office, eligibility for retention in office; election on question of retention; term for which retained; rejection, vacancy, appointment of successor; judge's eligibility to succeed himself or herself; failure to declare candidacy, vacancy.

Section
20-2913

Same; vacancies prior to formation of nominating commission; new judgeships, appointment and term; return to partisan method.

Section
20-2914

Same; vacancies in district magistrate judge positions; method of selection.

Section
20-2915

Same; effective date of appointment; eligibility for retention under nonpartisan method.

Section
20-2916

Same; method of selection of judges in newly formed districts.

Section
20-2917

Eligibility to nominate or cast ballots for district judicial nominating commission; transmission of roster to secretary of state; open record.