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The '''Kansas Sixteenth Judicial District''' is a [[Kansas District Courts|district court]] in [[Kansas]] with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases in the counties of [[Clark County, Kansas (Judicial)|Clark]], [[Comanche County, Kansas (Judicial)|Comanche]], [[Ford County, Kansas (Judicial)|Ford]], [[Gray County, Kansas (Judicial)|Gray]], [[Kiowa County, Kansas (Judicial)|Kiowa]], and [[Meade County, Kansas (Judicial)|Meade]].<ref name="16th"/>
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==Judges==
The '''Kansas 16th District Court''' resides in [[Kansas]]. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...
* [[Sid R. Thomas]]  


'''Magistrate judges'''
* [[#Jurisdiction|Jurisdiction]]
* [[Rustin Martin]]
* [[#Selection method|Selection method]]
* [[Richard McVey]]
* [[Philip J. Moore]]
* [[Keith Whitney]]<ref name="16th">[http://www.kscourts.org/Districts/District-Info.asp?d=16 ''Kansas Judicial Branch'', "16th Judicial District," accessed June 2, 2014]</ref>


==Former judges==
==Jurisdiction==
* [[Ann L. Dixson]]
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* [[Joey Duncan]]
* [[Van Hampton]]
* [[E. Leigh Hood]]
*[[Daniel L. Love]]


==Courts==
==Selection method==
'''Clark County Courthouse'''<br>
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913 Highland PO Box 790<br>
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Ashland, KS  67831
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'''Comanche County Courthouse'''<br>
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PO Box 722 201 S New York<br>
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Coldwater, KS  67029
 
'''Ford County Courthouse'''<br>
101 W Spruce PO Box 197<br>
Dodge City, KS  67801<ref name="16th"/>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Kansas District Courts]]
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*[[Courts in Kansas]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.kscourts.org/Districts/District-Info.asp?d=16 ''Kansas Judicial Branch'', "16th Judicial District"]
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The Kansas 16th District Court resides in Kansas. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...

Jurisdiction

This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]

District courts are created by the Constitution. They are the trial courts of Kansas, with general original jurisdiction over all civil and criminal cases, including divorce and domestic relations, damage suits, probate and administration of estates, guardianships, conservatorships, care of the mentally ill, juvenile matters, and small claims. It is here that the criminal and civil jury trials are held.[2]

Selection method

See also: Judicial selection in the states

For more information about judicial selection processes in each state, click here.

Judicial elections in Kansas

See also: Kansas judicial elections

Kansas is one of seven states that use partisan elections to initially select judges and then use retention elections to determine whether judges should remain on the bench. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

Primary election

Only district court judges in districts that hold partisan elections participate in the primary. The candidate with the most votes from each party in the primary goes on to represent that party in the general election.[3]

The districts with partisan election of judges are:

General election

Appellate judges and appointed district court judges participate in retention elections. Candidates in the districts above advance from the primary election.

Retention election

In retention elections, judges do not compete against another candidate, but voters are given a "yes" or "no" choice whether to keep the justice in office for another term. If a candidate receives a majority of "yes" votes, that person is retained for another term. If not, that position will become a vacancy upon the term's expiration.[5]

See also

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