Rule 3 Retention Election Process

The retention election process should be conducted with the dignity and integrity required of the office.

(a) There should be no references to ethnic groups, religions, sex, political or other issues, which tend to stir up the emotions or impugn the justice or judge’s capabilities for functioning impartially and without bias.

(b) There should be no dramatized presentations, either verbal or pictorial, using props such as jail doors, guns, or any other indicia of sensationalism.

(c) A justice or judge may use his or her picture in retention election material in judicial robes and may be pictured sitting on the Bench. However, such a picture may be used only in retention election materials limited to statements of his or her credentials for office.