Attacks on Merit Selection, 2011

End Merit Selection: Governor to fill judicial vacancies with Senate confirmation.

Change Retention: Reappointment and legislator reconfirmation required for new terms.

Change Merit Selection: Requires Senate confirmation of judicial appointees.

Change Merit Selection: Strips state bar of power to fill some seats on judicial nominating panels.

Change Retention: Ends retention elections, requiring legislative reconfirmation.

Change Merit Selection: Governor's judicial appointees subject to Senate confirmation.

Change Merit Selection: Would revise membership of judicial nominating commissions.

Change Retention: Senate would vote on retaining a judge for additional terms.

Change Retention: Judges would stay on bench unless two-thirds of the Senate votes against.

Change Merit Selection: Would revise judicial nomination commission membership.

Change Merit Selection: Expand from three to seven the nominees submitted to a governor.

Change Merit Selection: Would require Senate confirmation of governor's nominees. 

Change Merit Selection: Governor can ignore names submitted by nominating panel.

Change Retention: Appointed judge would later have to run in a contested election.

Change Merit Selection: Governor could ignore commission nominees for appellate court. 

Change Merit Selection: Senate confirmation required of governor's appointments.

End merit selection: Eliminate nominating panels for supreme court and district courts of appeals.

End Merit Selection: Governor to appoint, with Senate confirmation

Change Merit Selection: Would increase judicial nominees submitted to a governor, from three to five. 

Change Merit Selection: Governor could reject first slate of names and receive a second list.

Change Merit Selection: Would expand judicial nominating commissions.

Change Merit Selection: Would reduce ratio of attorney members to non-attorney members.