Elko Municipal Court, Nevada

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## Contents

* 1 Jurisdiction
* 2 Selection method
* 2.1 Judicial elections in Nevada
* 2.2 Primary election
* 2.3 Unopposed candidates
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

## Jurisdiction[edit]

This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]

“  | Municipal courts are also courts of limited jurisdiction. They handle violations of city ordinances, proceedings to abate a nuisance within a city, actions for collection of city taxes or assessments up to $2,500, and similar matters.[2] | ”

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## Selection method[edit]

See also: Judicial selection in the states

See also: Nonpartisan election

Judges of the Nevada Municipal Courts are each elected to six-year terms. The elections for this court are nonpartisan contested elections.[3] To serve on this court, a judge must be a city resident, qualified elector, may not have retired or been removed from judicial office, and licensed and admitted to practice law in Nevada.[4]

### Judicial elections in Nevada[edit]

See also: Nevada judicial elections

Nevada is one of 10 states that uses nonpartisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

### Primary election[edit]

The primary is held on the second Tuesday in June in even-numbered years.[5]

In the nonpartisan primary, the two candidates who receive the greatest number of votes advance to the general election. Though Nevada has a closed primary system, where voters may only vote for members of their own political party, this does not impact the judicial elections, which are nonpartisan. Voters registered with either major party, or those who are not registered with any political party, may still vote for all judicial candidates in the primaries.[6][7]

If there are only two candidates who file to run for any one seat, they skip the primary and compete only in the general election.[8]

### Unopposed candidates[edit]

If only one candidate files for election to any one seat, he or she must still appear on the primary ballot. They then only need at least one vote in the primary to be elected to office without appearing on the general election ballot.

Only candidates in contested elections may accept campaign contributions; unopposed judicial candidates may not.[9]

## See also[edit]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Nevada State Legislature, "Nevada’s Court System," April 2016
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
3. ↑ City of Las Vegas, "Municipal Court Administrator Recruitment Brochure," archived March 17, 2015
4. ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Nevada; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014
5. ↑ Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 293.175 Section 1," accessed May 1, 2014
6. ↑ Clark County Nevada: Election: How Party Affiliation Affects You in Elections
7. ↑ Nevada Office of Secretary of State: Notice of Offices for Which Candidates Will Be Nominated at the June 10, 2014 Primary Election
8. ↑ Nevada Revised Statutes, "Chapter 293.260 Section 4(b)," accessed May 1, 2014
9. ↑ Nevada Secretary of State: 2014 Nevada Judicial Election Calendar

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