A bipartisan effort led by the Coalition for Impartial Justice is proposing a system of judicial review and retention elections to avoid the highly charged, politically explosive contests common in Wisconsin, Texas and other states.
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Sen. Hann intends to pull name from retention election bill
Advocates of overhauling the state's judicial elections have lost a key co-sponsor heading into the 2012 legislative session. Sen. David Hann, chair of the Health and Human Services Committee, says he will pull his name from legislation proposing a constitutional amendment to adopt retention elections.
Read More »Supporters of judicial retention elections gearing up for another push
Last year voters in Wisconsin witnessed an ugly campaign for a seat on the state’s Supreme Court between incumbent justice David Prosser and assistant attorney general JoAnne Kloppenburg. Some three dozen outside interest groups spent $4.5 million seeking to influence the outcome of the contest, according to a report by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
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