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Kansas Seventh Judicial District

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Kansas District Court 7

The Kansas Seventh Judicial District is a district court in Kansas with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases in Douglas County.[1]

Judges

Former judges

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Court

Douglas County Judicial Center
111 E 11th
Lawrence, KS 66044-2966
Phone: 785-832-5333
Fax: 785-832-5174 [1]

See also

External links


Kansas courts

Federal courts:

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Kansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Kansas

State courts:

Kansas Supreme Court • Kansas Court of Appeals • Kansas District Courts • Kansas Municipal Courts

State resources:

Courts in Kansas • Kansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Kansas

Elections

See also: Kansas judicial elections

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

Selection method

See also: commission-selection, political appointment method

In 17 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen through the commission-selection, political appointment method. These judges stand for retention after their first year in office and serve four-year terms if retained.[2][3]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[2]

  • a state and district resident;
  • a member in good standing of the state bar for at least five years; and
  • under the age of 70. If a sitting judge turns 70 while on the bench, he or she may serve out the term.

Election rules

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.[4]

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.[6]


Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kansas Judicial Branch, "7th Judicial District," accessed June 12, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Kansas," archived October 2, 2014
  3. ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed July 22, 2014
  4. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State: Election Standards - Election Administration Scroll to p."II-5"
  5. ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, Nominating Commissions
  6. ↑ Kansas State Library, "Kansas Constitution, Article Three," accessed April 28, 2014
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