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anglachel posted:Local judges win by EXTREMELY small margins. Grassroots organizing to get about a 1000 people to vote could destroy some of these "Tough on Crime!" judges. I mean gently caress I saw one polling place for a local election that said they got 30 people the entire day, all of them older, all of them very conservative. My experience from when I was on the ballot was that people tend to get "voter fatigue" and quit voting after a few positions. The time I was on the ballot, about 95k people voted for President, about 90K for Senate and by the time they got to the race I was in, about 40k people had quit voting. The judges were after me and I suspect that they had a much lower amount of votes for their races than for my race. And my suspicion is that in the majority of states, to get on the ballot as a judge just requires you to be a member of the bar for 5 years. So if you're a lawyer and want a paycut, run for judge. Be the change you want to see in the world.
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Florida: Circuit Judge: 1. Elector and resident of the circuit upon taking office. 2. Must be a member of the Florida Bar for the preceding five years. 3. No judge shall serve after attaining the age of seventy years except upon temporary assignment or to complete a term, one-half of which has been served. District court of appeals or state supreme court: 1. Elector and resident of the circuit upon taking office. 2. Must be a member of the Florida Bar for the preceding ten years. 3. No judge shall serve after attaining the age of seventy years except upon temporary assignment or to complete a term, one-half of which has been served. It is permitted for judges in small rural counties to be non-lawyers. They need to take a 3-year course at one of the state law schools that is basically a JD. To be a county judge in a larger county requires the same qualifications as the circuit judges. http://election.dos.state.fl.us/publications/pdf/2013/2014_State_Qualifying_Handbook.pdf Colorado: Nominated by committee and appointed by the Governor. Elections are to retain the judge. Generally, you need to be licensed to practice law for 5 years, be a registered voter and live in the district you're looking to represent and be under age 72 to be nominated. http://www.cobar.org/index.cfm/ID/0/subID/429/Where-Do-%28Colorado%29-Judges-Come-From?/ quote:In small counties with populations under 35,000, a nominee does not have to be licensed to practice law in Colorado, but must have graduated from high school or have attained the equivalent of a high school education. Residency and qualified elector requirements are the same. http://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/File/Media/Education/Takes_to_become_a_judge.pdf New York: Except for housing court, 10 years licensed to practice law in NY state (5 years for housing court). Some judicial positions are appointed, some are elected. http://www.nycbar.org/pdf/report/become_a_judge.pdf Federal judges are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. There aren't any other official requirements. You'll need a thick skin and to be as boring as Bork to survive the media circus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act was passed as a direct result of Bork's nomination circus. And I'm serious about recommending that folks run for elected office. It isn't as hard as you think it is. There are a lot of state and local positions that are part time and can be done while you keep your day job. I spent less than $200 total running for office both times.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Let's also not forget that "public urination" is also a sex offense in some places. So if you were homeless and got caught pissing in an alley California will treat you like a pedophile forever. In Colorado, the first few convictions for indecent exposure/public indecency get you on the sex offender list for a few years (because the first few convictions are misdemeanors). I think it is the 4th or 5th conviction that gets bumped up to felony status and that gets you permanent residence on the sex offender list.
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