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Constitutional amendment and judicial retention
(Cassidy, D-Chicago) is a proposed constitutional amendment that changes judicial retention for Supreme, Appellate, and Circuit Judges. It creates a Judicial Retention Commission in each Judicial District to evaluate the qualifications of Supreme and Appellate Court Judges seeking retention and creates a Judicial Retention Commission in each Judicial Circuit to determine the qualification for Judges for retention in the Circuit. If a judge is found to be unqualified by the applicable commission, the judge may seek retention in the general election. Judges that are found qualified are retained in office.