Merit Selection System
Theory & Practice

In the 1960's, Colorado citizens amended the state constitution to do away with political elections as the system for selecting our judges and holding them accountable to the rule of law. 

We replaced elections with the "Merit Selection System," also known as the Missouri Plan. 

Our Merit Selection System has three components of accountability for judges, the Nomination Commissions, the Performance Commissions, and the Discipline Commission. 

Sixty years later, the question for Colorado citizens is how well our system of accountability for judges is working.  We want a system that gives Colorado excellent judges.