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is the wrong word in the wrong place.
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JUDGE RASIN: If that is the case, personally
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I am opposed to judges being elected certainly in small
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counties on a county basis, regardless.
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MX. MARTINEAU: Opposed?
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JUDGE RASIN: Elected on a county basis regard-
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less of how good or bad he may be; even if he is a good
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judge in a small county if he happens to sit in a con-
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troversial case, perhaps a murder case that involves
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some prominent people, that could very well throw the
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election against him because he had presided in a certain
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way that resulted, or because somebody was found not
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guilty, and I prefer coming from a small county to be
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elected, to have districts comprised of certainly more
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than one county.
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MR. ENEY: How big?
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JUDGE RASIN: I like the present Circuit Court
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that we have.
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MR. ENEY: They don't exist under the Constitu-
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tion.
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JUDGE UASIN: In small counties, I would want
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