Newsletter-Early-Week

Republicans keep control of state’s top elected offices

With uncertified results totaled by the Secretary of State’s Office in the general election, Republicans will maintain control of Missouri’s top elected seats.Local election authorities have two weeks after the election to report their certified results to the Secretary of State, and the Secretary’s Office must certify the state results by early December.

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Missouri Bar evaluations of judges on ballot available to voters

CLAY COUNTY — Voters in Clay County are being asked to make a host of decisions on the November ballot including whether 10 judges should retain their current positions on the bench.In order to help voters decide, the Missouri Bar Association evaluates judges and publishes findings online at yourmissourijudges.org.“The Missouri judicial performance review process was developed after a committee studied model rules and best practices from the American Bar Association and more than 20 judicial performance evaluation systems in the nation,” reports the Missouri Bar Association.The review committee reviews the performances of judges who sit on the state Supreme Court, the court of appeals and each judicial circuit judge selected through the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan, including the 7th Circuit of Clay County.

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