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judges of appellate courts* That is, the proposed Court
of Appeals and the intermediate Appellate Court, although
we strongly recoamend that such conmissions not include
a judge as a member*
There are some extremely important reasons why
we would rather see judges at the trial court level
selected in essentially the same manner as is presently
employed*
Por one, we wish to have the public participate
actively in the selection of trial judges. By first
having the governor appoint a judge, then having him run
in an open election, the public will be able to express
itself on both the wisdom of the governor and the compe-
tence of his appointee*
A simple yes or no vote, o» a judge who ha»s»rv<
for two years or so is not n»»rly the same as a vote for
a specific candidate. An important factor here is that
citizens may well either blindly vote yes or, worse,
not vote at all when called upon to consider a judicial
selection where they have no control over future selection
Our proposed amendment to the report of the