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Apache County Justice Courts, Arizona

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The Apache County Justice Courts include four Arizona Justice Courts in Apache County, Arizona.[1]

Courts

  • Chinle Justice Court
  • Puerco Justice Court
  • Round Valley Justice Court
  • St. Johns Justice Court


See also

External links

Elections

See also: Arizona judicial elections

Arizona is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Arizona, click here.

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

Judges of the Arizona Justice Courts are each elected to four-year terms. The elections for this court are partisan contested elections.[2] To serve on this court, a judge must be at least 18 years old, a state resident, a qualified voter in their precinct and able to read and write English. A law degree is not required.

Election rules

Primary election

Judges of the Arizona Superior Court in counties with populations under 250,000 are chosen in a partisan primary and then face nonpartisan general elections.[3]

Candidates for the Arizona Justice Courts participate in primary elections throughout the state. Candidates that advance from the partisan primary compete in the general election.[4]

General election

Arizona general elections are held on the first Tuesday in November of every even-numbered year. If a victory margin is within one-half of one percent, there will be an automatic recount unless the defeated candidate provides a waiver to the recount.[5]

Appellate court judges as well as superior court judges in Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal counties stand for retention.[4]

Retention election

In counties with populations greater than 250,000—Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal counties—superior court judges are chosen through a merit selection system. In these counties, judges are appointed by the governor with the help of a selection commission. At the end of their term, the judges remain in office through uncontested retention elections every four years.[3][4]

Counties with populations less than 250,000 have the option to adopt the merit selection process through ballot initiative.[4]


Footnotes

  1. ↑ Apache County website, "Justices of the Peace," accessed August 5, 2014
  2. ↑ Arizona Judicial Branch, "Justice Courts," accessed May 17, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Maricopa County Website, "Judicial Biographies," accessed April 28, 2014
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Arizona," archived October 2, 2014
  5. ↑ Arizona Election Code, "§17-16-20," accessed April 29, 2014


Arizona courts

Federal courts:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Arizona • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Arizona

State courts:

Arizona Supreme Court • Arizona Court of Appeals • Arizona Superior Court • Arizona Justice Courts • Arizona Municipal Courts

State resources:

Courts in Arizona • Arizona judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arizona

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