A Victory for Merit Selection
The Nevada Supreme Court's Article 6 Commission voted, 18-2, to support the constitutional change that would end judicial elections in Nevada and instead, appoint state judges through a merit selection system similar to that currently used to fill mid term vacancies. The proposed amendment , approved last year by the Nevada Assembly, must be approved by the legislature again next year, and then put to the voters in 2010.
See news reports at Supreme Court commission approves plan to change how judges are chosen (RJ)
Panel endorses plan to change how Nevadans pick judges (Nevada Appeal)
