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ALABAMA	State Committee:	2006 Alabama Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee
	Contact Info:	c/o William R. Gordon 4131 Carmichael Road, Suite 12 Montgomery , AL 36106
	Phone:	334-395-6900
	Fax:	334-272-1753
	Date Established:	2006
	Established By:	Alabama State Bar Association
	Membership:	Retired judges, lawyers and non-lawyers
	Related Web Documents:	Press Release Op-Ed
	Local Committees:	Information not available
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CALIFORNIA	State Committee:	Information not available
CALIFORNIA	Local Committees:	Santa Clara County Los Angeles County
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FLORIDA	State Committee:	Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee
	Contact Info:	1351 N.W. 12^th Street, #712 Miami, FL 33125
	Phone:	(305) 548-5613
	Date Established:	1992
	Established By:	Voluntary Bar Association
	Membership:	Attorneys and Retired Judges
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Outreach to candidates Educate candidates
	Local Committees:	Broward County Hillsborough County Miami-Dade County Palm Beach County
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GEORGIA	State Committee:	Georgia Committee for Ethical Judicial Campaigns
	Contact Info:
	Phone:
	Date Established:	April, 2004
	Established By:	Established by individuals not affiliated with any bar association
	Membership:	Attorneys, judges, retired judges, members of the business community, educators
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Outreach to candidates Educate candidates Receive complaints Initiate investigations Issue public statements
	Local Committees:	Fulton County (Atlanta)
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ILLINOIS	State Committee:	Judicial Advisory Council (JAC) Task Force on Illinois Judicial Elections
	Contact Info:	69 West Washington, Suite 2610 Chicago, IL 60602
	Phone:	(312) 603-1133
	Date Established:	August, 2000
	Established By:	Coordinated by the Cook County Judicial Advisory Council
	Membership:	Members represent a coalition of professional organizations such as state and local, as well as minority and women bar associations, judge associations, and the American Judicature Society
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Outreach to candidates Educate candidates Candidate hotline Receive complaints Issue public statements
	State Committee:	Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Supreme and Appellate Court Election Campaign Tone and Conduct Committee
	Contact Info:	David Anderson Assistant Executive Director Illinois State Bar Association 424 S. 2nd Street Springfield, IL 62701
	Phone:	(217) 525-1760
	Date Established:	April, 2002
	Established By:	The Illinois State Bar Association
	Membership:	Attorneys, retired judges, and lay members
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Outreach to candidates Educate candidates Receive complaints Initiate investigations Referral to disciplinary boards Issue public statements
	Related Web Documents:	Ethical Campaign Practices for Illinois Judicial Candidates Committee Procedures Candidate Pledge
	Local Committees:	None
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KENTUCKY	State Committee:	Kentucky Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee
	Contact Info:	600 W. Main St. Louisville, KY 40202
	Phone:	502-583-5314
	Fax:	502-583-4113
	Email:	KJCCC@Loubar.org
	Website:	www.loubar.org/jccc/kjccchome.htm [pdf]
	Date Established:	2006
	Membership:	interested citizens: lawyers and non-lawyers, former judges, educators, media representatives and civic leaders
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Educate the public Educate candidates Outreach to candidates Monitor advertising Investigate complaints Issue public statements
	Related Web Documents:	Press Release Op-Ed on Judicial Elections
	Local Committees:	Information not available
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LOUISIANA	State Committee:	Louisiana Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee
	Contact Info:	400 Royal Street, Suite 1190 New Orleans, LA 70130-8101
	Phone:	504-310-2550
	Email:	oversight-staff@LAJAO.ORG
	Date Established:	April, 2002
	Established By:	Appointed by the Supreme Court
	Membership:	Committees of attorneys, lay members and retired judges
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Outreach to candidates Educate candidates Receive complaints Initiate investigations Referral to disciplinary boards Issue public statements
	Related Web Documents:	Rules and Operating Procedures PowerPoint Presentation Final Report, Fall 2002 Judicial Elections
	Additional Information Available at:	http://www.lasc.org/judicial_campaign_oversight.asp
	Local Committees:	None
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MARYLAND	State Committee:	Maryland Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee
	Contact Info:	P.O. Box 65065 Baltimore, MD 21209
	Phone:	(410) 361-9467
	Fax:	(410) 361-9468
	Email:	committee@mdjccc.org
	Website:	www.mdjccc.org
	Date Established:	2005
	Established By:	Chief Judge Robert Bell, Maryland Judiciary
	Membership:	Citizen's committee, including attorneys, retired judges, members of business community
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Outreach to Candidates Educate candidates Receive complaints Initiate investigations Issue public statements
	Related Web Documents:	www.mdjccc.org
	Local Committees:	None
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MINNESOTA
	Related Web Documents:	Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee Proposed
	Local Committees:	Hennepin County
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MISSISSIPPI	State Committee:	Special Committee on Judicial Election Campaign Intervention
	Contact Info:	P.O. Box 22527 Jackson, MS 39225
	Phone:	(601) 359-1273
	Email:	mailbox@judperf.state.ms.us
	Date Established:	April, 2002
	Established By:	Appointed by the Supreme Court in Code of Judicial Conduct (Canon 5F)
	Membership:	Attorneys
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Educate candidates Receive complaints Initiate investigations Referral to disciplinary boards Issue cease and desist orders, advisory opinions
	Related Web Documents:	Canon 5 of Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct
	Local Committees:	None
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NEVADA	State Committee:	Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices
	Contact Info:	P.O. Box 48 Carson City, NV 89702
	Phone:	(775) 687-4017
	Date Established:	October, 1997
	Established By:	Appointed by the Supreme Court
	Membership:	Committee of attorneys, judges and lay members
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Outreach to candidates Educate candidates Receive complaints Referrals to disciplinary boards Implement disciplinary sanctions Make public statements Issue advisory opinions regarding ethical matters that are presented through hypothetical questions
	Related Web Documents:	Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct
	Additional information available at:	http://www.judicial.state.nv.us/contentsscjeep.htm
	Local Committees:	None
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NEW MEXICO	State Committee:	Fair Judicial Elections Committee
	Contact Info:	Norman S. Thayer P.O. Box 92860 Albuquerque, NM 87103
	Phone:	(505) 797-6099
	E-mail	judgelect@nmbar.org
	Date Established:	September 5, 2006
	Established By:	Mandatory Bar Association
	Membership:	Retired Judge, General Public
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Educate candidates Receive complaints Initiate Investigations Issue private statements on campaign advertising
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NEW YORK	State Committee:	New York State Bar Association's Special Committee on Judicial Campaign Conduct
	Contact Info:	c/o NYSBA 1 Elk Street Albany, NY 12207
	Phone:	(518) 463-3200
	Date Established:	2001
	Established By:	Officially encouraged by the Administrative Board of the Judiciary
	Membership:	Committees of lawyers
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Encourage local bar associations to create judicial campaign conduct committees Provide educational materials to local and backstop committee(s) Monitor activities of local and backstop committee(s) Telephone hotline (during campaign hotline) Maintain page on NYSBA website
	Related Web Documents:	Judicial Campaign Conduct Brochure
	Local Committees:	Erie County Monroe County New York County Onondaga County
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NORTH CAROLINA	Local Committee:	Charlotte Area Judicial Conduct Committee (currently being developed)
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OHIO	State Committee:	Ohio State Bar Association Judicial Election Campaign Advertising Monitoring Committee
	Contact Info:	1700 Lake Shore Drive Columbus, OH 43204
	Phone:	(614) 487-4414 or (800) 282-6556
	Email:	osba@ohiobar.org
	Date Established:	April, 2002
	Established By:	Voluntary Bar Association
	Membership:	Committee of attorneys, lay members and a retired judge
	Forms of Committee Actions:	Outreach to candidates Receive complaints Issue public statements
	Related Web Documents:	Amendments to Canon 7 of the Code of Judicial Conduct and Rule II, Section 5 of the Rules for the Government of the Judiciary of Ohio
	Local Committees:	Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) Franklin County (Columbus)
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SOUTH DAKOTA	State Committee:	Special Committee on Judicial Election Campaign Intervention
	Contact Info:	Jill Gusso State Court Administrators Office 500 E. Capitol Ave. Pierre, SD 57501
	Phone:	605-773-4874
	Fax:	605-773-5627
	Email:	Jill.Gusso@ujs.state.sd.us
	Website:	http://www.sdjudicial.com
	Date Established:	2006
	Established By:	South Dakota Supreme Court
	Membership:	Lawyers, retired justices and judges and citizens who are neither lawyers nor judges
	Forms of Committee Actions:	respond to complaints issue public statements
	Related Web Documents:	Announcement of Committee Committee Opinions
	Local Committees:	Information not available
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WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON	Local Committees:	King County