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comment or give us any suggestions based on your exper-
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ience in other states concerning that subject matter?
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MR. WINTERS: Well, I would have to say that
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if you have a sys.tem of selection by appointment from
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names submitted by a nominating commission, then in ray
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opinion it should be supplemented by a tenure proceeding
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which would give the security of the non-competitive
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election. To have a competitive election means that
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you are detracting from the principle of selection by
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persons who have had an opportunity to study the avail-
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able candidates and make informed value judgments on
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them, which the electorate does not normally have an
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opportunity to do; and to the extent, when they come
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up at the end of their term for reelcction, that they
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have to compete against persons who may choose to run
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against them, to the extent that these people run, it
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is a derogation of that principle.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Do you know of any instances
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in which a judge who comes up for election and has run
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against his record, where they have not been approved
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by the voters?
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