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9 verbatim requirements from admin. order AO 2.23 - Procedure For Election Of Chief Judge (12/1/08) [Judicial].
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/ao_2_23.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Candidates for Chief Judge shall be nominated or otherwise announce theit candidacy for the office of Chief Judge by the filing ofa formal notice with the Courtf: • Administrator no later than Januaiy 5tl• in every odd-numbered year. '" • Ul candidate for Chief Judge and shall cause that ballot to be distributed to each circuit and county judge within the Twentieth Judicial Circuit within five days thereafter. • Chief Judge shall schedule and thereafter hold a meeting of all circuit and county judges as soon Cl • Administrator, and each candidate for Chief Judge shall be given equal time at the discretion of the current Chief Judge to address his or her fellow judges. • The vote for Chief Judge shall be by secret ballot and shall be processed and counted by a committee of three judges in attendance at the meetit1g who are appointed by the Chief Judge. • The committee shall be comprised of two circuit judges - --· ·- - -- and one county judge, and none of the committee members shall be candidates for the position of • Any such ballots tendered in advance of the election shall be retained by the Court Administrator and presented to the committee at the time of the election. • Admin. 2.215(c), the Chief Judge shall submit the matter to the Chief Ju s tice for selection of th e successor Chief Judge. 10 .
Candidates for Chief Judge shall be nominated or otherwise announce theit candidacy for the office of Chief Judge by the filing ofa formal notice with the Courtf:
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 8e0e47e59b079dcd53698b8f32fbaa52f21c29301cf271c9a8c9fe50bc8113eb. Extracted from the order's own text layer. Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3a): page markers removed; wording untouched.
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2003-06.