Ballotpedia:Judicial selection commissions project

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About the project

This project is designed to provide an explanation of commissions charged with selecting state judges. Many states have judicial selection commissions that are regulated by the rules of a constitution, others have ones created by executive order, while some have no commission at all. We hope to give our readers a better understanding of the process that goes into selecting judges for the state courts.

Steps

1. Clean up category structure - A
2. Redirect member pages - A
3. Check existing pages for typos and errors.
4. Create pages for each state's commission.
5. Add information (as decided by format) to pages.

Format of pages

Each commission page should have:

• an introduction
• composition of the commission

• how many?
• who appoints members?
• where is the composition prescribed?

• what is the process of selection?

• are a number of candidates required for recommendation
• what happens if the governor requests more?
• timeline

• how long is the application period open?
• how long does the governor have to appoint a judge?
• what happens if the governor does not meet the deadline?

• section describing authority
• controversy section (if applicable)
• see also section for news articles
• external links
• HNT

Project templates

• Talk page template: {{WikiProject judicial selection}}
• Project badge: {{selection}}

Progress report

Commission	Page created	Checked for typos and errors	Research added	Date completed
Alabama
Alaska Judicial Council	A
Arizona Commission on Appellate Court Appointments	A
Arkansas
California Commission on Judicial Appointments	A
Colorado Supreme Court Nominating Commission	A
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission	A
Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission	A
Hawaii Judicial Selection Commission	A
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission	A
Iowa Judicial Nominating Commission	A
Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission	A
Kentucky Judicial Nominating Commission	A
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland Judicial Nominating Commission	A
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection	A
Mississippi
Missouri Appellate Judicial Commission	A
Montana Judicial Nominating Commission	A
Nebraska Judicial Qualifications Commission	A
Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection	A
New Hampshire Judicial Selection Commission	A
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina Judicial Nominating Commission	A
North Dakota Judicial Nominating Committee	A
Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendation Panel	A
Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission	A
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island Judicial Nominating Commission	A
South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission	A
South Dakota Judicial Qualifications Commission	A
Tennessee Judicial Nominating Commission and Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission	A
Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct	A
Utah
Vermont Judicial Nominating Commission	A
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin Federal Judicial Nominating Commission	A
Wyoming Judicial Nominating Commission	A