9th Superior Court District of Georgia

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Ninth District

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Georgia Superior Court 9

The Ninth Superior Court District of Georgia is a division of the superior courts of Georgia.[1]

Judges

This district is divided into seven circuits.

Appalachian Judicial Circuit

Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit

Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit

Enotah Judicial Circuit

Gwinnett Judicial Circuit

Mountain Judicial Circuit

Northeastern Judicial Circuit

Former judges

See also

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Elections

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

Selection method

There are 202 judges on the Georgia Superior Courts, each chosen by the people in nonpartisan elections to serve a four-year term.

The process for selecting a chief judge and that chief judge's term varies by circuit.[3]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:

  • a state resident for three years;
  • a resident of the circuit he or she is representing;
  • admitted to practice law for at least seven years; and
  • at least 30 years old.

Election rules

Primary election

Most court elections in Georgia are nonpartisan. Counties may choose to hold partisan elections for probate court positions. There are only judicial primaries for partisan elections.[4][5]

Runoff election

If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the election (at least 50%+1 of the vote), a runoff election will be held between the two candidates with the most votes.[6]


Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Georgia Superior Courts, "Find My Local Superior Court," accessed May 9, 2014
  2. ↑ Ninthdistrict.net, "Ninth District: Circuits and Judges," accessed May 18, 2014.Choose circuit on sidebar
  3. ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Georgia; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named code
  5. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Election Law In Georgia: What City And County Attorneys Need To Know" September 2008 Scroll to p. 4
  6. ↑ O.C.G.A. § 21-2-285.1 Nonpartisan elections -- Form of ballot; runoff election; declaration of prevailing candidate as duly elected
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