Subject: [EL] Query about judicial "representativeness"
From: Dan Meek
Date: 1/31/2011, 6:43 PM
To: Election Law

In Oregon, trial court judges are elected on a county-by-county basis.  Many Oregon statutes assign special duties for reviewing legislation and/or certain state agency actions to the trial court for the county (Marion) where the capitol (Salem) is located.  Marion County is home to fewer than 10% of Oregon residents.  Thus, trial court judges elected by less than 10% of the Oregon electorate are assigned by state law to take statewide actions that no other trial court judges can take.

Is there a legally cognizable problem here?

Dan Meek
10949 S.W. 4th Ave
Portland, OR 97219
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On 1/31/2011 6:31 PM, john.k.tanner@gmail.com wrote: 
No.  Judges are not representatives in that sense.  I believe that the tendency is to adjust districts based on caseload, 








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