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Roy Blunt sides with effort to change Missouri’s judicial-selection system
U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Springfield, is apparently aligning his U.S. Senate bid with the initiative-petition effort to revamp how Missouri selects its judges in the urban areas and on the higher courts, by requiring that they be elected, not appointed.
Is the showdown on Missouri judges over already?
Might the Show-Me justice showdown be over before it even gets started?
Not sure, but opponents of the drive to force a statewide vote on Missouri’s judicial selection process say their analysis shows that vote isn’t going to happen.
UPDATE: Group says Missouri court critics missed signature target
Opponents of an attempt to require partisan elections for all Missouri judges said Tuesday that their analysis shows too few signatures were submitted to put the idea before voters.
BREAKING: Missourians apparently reject proposal to inject partisanship and politics into Missouri courts
Missourians for Fair and Impartial Courts Action Fund today announced that according to an analysis of signatures submitted to the Secretary of State by ShowMe Better Courts, a group proposing a constitutional amendment to dismantle Missouri’s Non-Partisan Court plan, it appears that insufficient signatures were collected to qualify the amendment and send it to the voters. The review predicts that ShowMe Better Courts fell short of the signature requirement in at least six of nine Congressional Districts.
Opponents: Signatures for anti-Missouri Plan initiative fall short
An analysis of the signatures submitted to the Secretary of State’s office by the group seeking to make all judges in Missouri elected fell short of statutory minimums, says a group opposing the effort.
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