Willis Perrine

Willis Perrine

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Contact

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Willis Perrine was a 2016 candidate for the Preston County Magistrate Court in West Virginia. Perrine lost in the general election on May 10, 2016.

Campaign themes

2016

Perrine's campaign website listed the following themes for 2016:

“	Protecting our community from career criminals- keeping them in jail and off our streets. Utilizing home confinement...via electronic monitoring (when appropriate) and working with our Division of Probation Services on enforcing probation violations. Streamline scheduling of cases to make our courts efficient allowing our Police Officers to patrol our streets instead of our Court Rooms. Work with the Legislative Branch of our State Government to implement Procedures to reduce our back log of pre-payable offenses that end up being capiases. Our current system over burdens our clerk’s office and our police officers and is costing we tax payers a lot of money. Reduce costs (Tax Dollars) and divert those savings to the Correctional Department to keep the "bad guys" out of our communities. Implement Classrooms to Courtrooms from Monongalia County where the program first started in West Virginia. Further extend the program with our local Police Departments participation.	”
—Willis Perrine (2016),

Elections

2016

See also: West Virginia local trial court judicial elections, 2016

West Virginia held general elections for county judicial offices on May 10, 2016. This date coincided with partisan primaries for statewide and federal offices. The 2016 election was the first nonpartisan election for the state's judicial seats since statehood in 1863. Learn more about this change here. Candidates interested in filing for the election submitted paperwork by January 30, 2016. The following candidates ran in the general election for the Preston County Magistrate Court Division 2 seat.

Preston County Magistrate Court Division 2 General Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Bo Ward	22.99%	1,854
P.L. Grimm	20.52%	1,655
Willis Perrine	17.68%	1,426
Sarah Sterling Nine	14.38%	1,160
Scott Davis	12.73%	1,027
Stacy Kennedy Greaser	11.69%	943
Total Votes		8,065
Source: West Virginia Secretary of State, "Election Results Center," accessed May 10, 2016

Selection method

See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

The judges of the West Virginia Circuit Court are elected in nonpartisan elections to serve eight-year terms. Judges must run for re-election when their terms expire.

The chief judge of each circuit court is selected by peer vote. Term lengths vary by circuit.

Qualifications
To serve on a West Virginia Circuit Court, a judge must be:

• a citizen of West Virginia for at least five years;
• a resident of his or her circuit;
• at least 30 years old; and
• practiced in law for at least five years.

See also

• Courts in West Virginia
• Local trial court judicial elections, 2016

External links

• West Virginia Judiciary Court Information by County
• Campaign website

Footnotes

West Virginia courts

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Federal courts:

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of West Virginia, Southern District of West Virginia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of West Virginia, Southern District of West Virginia

State courts:

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia • West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals • West Virginia Circuit Courts • West Virginia Family Courts • West Virginia Magistrate Courts • West Virginia Municipal Courts

State resources:

Courts in West Virginia • West Virginia judicial elections • Judicial selection in West Virginia