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MR. WINTERS: Kansas uses it with respect to

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the Supreme Bench; Florida, only with respect to the

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minor courts, the metropolitan court of Dade County.

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There are three states that use them for the appellate

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courts and the trial courts of general jurisdiction,

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which correspond to your circuit court, those three are

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Iowa, Nebraska and Alaska.

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MRS. BOTHE: Do any of them use them for

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courts of limited jurisdiction, trial magistrate level?

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MR. WINTERS: Well, two, that is one in Dade

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County, Florida, and the county court of Denver, Colorado

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MRS. BOTHE: Do you feel it is necessary to

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carry the principle all the way down to the lowest level

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of courts?

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MR. WINTERS: In my opinion it is even more

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needed there than in the higher courts.

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MR. CORY: What does that mean, really, this

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non-competitive election? I guess I should know exactly

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what it is, does it mean that all judges, their names go

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on the ballot, but nobody else 's name can go on the

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ballot in opposition to them and so in order to be