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The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee will conduct interviews next week for incumbent judges seeking retention.
The committee is required to issue a recommendation to voters concerning whether incumbent judges are qualified and if they should be retained in office. The committee will make the recommendations after the interviews.
The interviews will be held in the Supreme Court Conference Room on the third floor of the Statehouse. The interviews are open to the public.
Following the interviews the committee will deliberate in a private executive session to consider candidates for retention. The committee will publicly vote after deliberations.
The names of the eight judges will appear on the ballot in November for voters to determine if they should be retained.
Two incumbent judges chose not to file a statement seeking retention.
The interview schedule on March 15 is as follows:
9:45 a.m.-10:05 a.m. – Judge Charles Miller
10:05 a.m.-10:25 a.m. – Judge Marie Kern
10:25 a.m.-10:45 a.m. – Judge Danielle Gaughan
11 a.m.-11:20 a.m. – Judge Cynthia Oetjen
11:20 a.m.-11:40 a.m. – Judge Jeffrey Marchal
11:40 a.m.-12 p.m. – Judge Jennifer Harrison
12:15 p.m.-12:35 p.m. – Judge Charnette Garner
12:35 p.m.-12:55 p.m. – Judge Stephen Creason
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