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Washington-Specific Materials
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- Laws of 2006, Chap. 348,3SHB 1226 (extending campaign contribution limits to judicial elections; eff. June 7, 2006).
- Final Bill Report
- Letters of support for HB 1226:
- King County Bar Association, January 20, 2005
- Municipal League of King County, January 24, 2005
- Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association, January 25, 2005
- Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, January 27, 2005
- Washington Chapter of the American Judicature Society, February 22, 2005
- Other bills in the 2005 legislative session:
- SB 6048 (replaced SB 5015; judicial nominating commissions)
- SJR 8214 (replaced SJR 8200; filling of Supreme Court vacancies)
- Letters of support for SB 6048 and SJR 8214:
- Editorial, State must prevent a politicized judiciary, Tacoma News Tribune (Dec. 6, 2005)
- Neil Modie, State PAC to push for right-wing judges, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nov. 25, 2005)
- Washington State Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 7 (dealing with judges’ proper role in political activity)
- Ralph Thomas, Interest Groups Targeting State Supreme Court Races, Seattle Times (May 23, 2006)
- Chris Bayley, Judges, Let's Show Some Restraint, Seattle Times (May 9, 2006)
- John Ruhl, Contribution Limits Set for Judicial Races, King County Bar Journal (April 2006)
- Kate Riley, In fairness, let's appoint all judges, Seattle Times (Nov. 21, 2005)
- Peter Callaghan, State’s system of picking judges could be better, Tacoma News Tribune (Nov. 15, 2005)
- Independence of State Judiciary Under Attack, Tacoma News Tribune (Sept. 19, 2005)
- Kenneth P. Vogel, State Judicial Races Might Get Bigger Shot of Party Politics, Tacoma News Tribune (Sept. 10, 2005)
- Richard B. Sanders, Judge-Election System Works Well, Seattle Times (Aug. 9, 2005)
- Jeff Frank, Finding a Way to Maintain Judicial Independence, Seattle Times (July 1, 2005)
- American Judicature Society, Washington State Chapter, Judicial Performance Evaluations (June 8, 2005).
- Charlie Wiggins, Talking Points On Campaign Finance Reform (2005)
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