Wapello County, Iowa (Judicial)

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The people of Wapello County are served by District Eight of the Iowa District Courts.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa has jurisdiction in Wapello County. Appeals from the Southern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.


Judges

Wapello County, Iowa

District Court

Iowa District Eight

District court judges

Chief judge: Myron L. Gookin, District 8A

District 8A
District 8B

District associate judges

District 8A
District 8B

Associate juvenile judge

Magistrate judges


See also

External link

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Iowa Judicial Branch, "Judges and Magistrates-District 8," accessed September 5, 2014
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State resources:

Courts in Iowa • Iowa judicial elections • Judicial selection in Iowa

Elections

See also: Iowa judicial elections

Iowa is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Iowa, click here.

Election rules

Retention election

In Iowa's retention elections, voters are asked to decide whether a judge should remain in office. The judge is retained for a new term if a majority of voters answers with a "yes" vote. If the majority responds with a "no" vote, the judge is removed from the bench at the end of the term.[1]

Judges must file for retention at least 104 days prior to the election which precedes the end of their term. If a judge does not file a declaration of candidacy, the term will become vacant upon expiration.[2]

According to a brochure released by the Iowa Judicial Branch, the purpose of Iowa's retention elections is to evaluate the competency of judges, as opposed to the popularity of their individual rulings.[1]


  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 American Judicature Society, "What you need to know about judicial retention elections: A guide to Iowa's judicial retention elections," 2012, accessed June 7, 2014
  2. ↑ The Iowa Legislature, "Election Laws of Iowa: 46.20 Declaration of candidacy," accessed June 20, 2016
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