The merit selection system of running for judicial office help to ensure the quality of individuals running for judicial office and eliminate much of the need for raising money and seeking endorsements.
Judges may be chosen based on merit plan, elected by the people, or appointed by executives such as governors and the president. Under the merit approach, judges are chosen from a pool of nominees by a nonpartisan commission by the state governor or another official. The people must vote on whether to keep the judges in office after they have served on the bench for a year.
The majority of states (around 39) choose at least some of its judges through elections. Those who favor the electoral process believe that it is the most democratic way to hold judges responsible to the general public and that doing so ensures that judges are accountable to the people they are supposed to represent.
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