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non-competitive election for tenure.

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MR. MARTINEAU: They do not have the election

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at all for tenure?

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MR. WINTERS: No.

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MR. CORY: These nominating commissions

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function at the end of the judge's tenure as well? In

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other words, if a lawyer goes on the bench and runs

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through his tenure and it is time for him to be elected

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again, does he have to be nominated again by the same

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commission or does he just automatically get a crack

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at going on the ballot?

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MR. WINTERS: Only in two of those, with

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respect to the county courts of Denver, Colorado, and

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the juvenile court of Utah he comes up to the nominating

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commission again.

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MR. MARTINEAU: He has to be reappointed?

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MR. WINTERS: Because he has to be reappointcd

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THE CHAIRMAN: In all of the others, his name

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automatically goes on the ballot for the non-competitory

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election and the commission is not involved. All he has

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to do is indicate his desire to run.