Rule 7 - Dissemination of Results(a) Commission Report.(1)Content. Following the public vote meeting, the Commission must prepare a report on the judicial performance of each judge eligible for retention stating:(A) whether the Commission found that the judge "meets" or "does not meet" the judicial performance standards for retention;(B) the court on which the judge serves, any current assignment, and the number of years on that court; and(C) whether a judge has failed to cooperate with the judicial performance review process and on what basis.(2)Format. The report must clearly list any judges who the Commission determined to not meet the judicial performance standards for retention before listing the judges determined to meet those standards.(b) Dissemination; Methods. The Commission must disseminate its report, and any other information available for disclosure under Rule 12 it deems relevant, to the public and the judge eligible for retention. (1)Statewide Publicity Pamphlet. The Commission must transmit its report to the secretary of state for publication in the statewide publicity pamphlet required under A.R.S. § 19-123(A)(5) or its successor.(2)Websites. (A) Commission Website. (i) To maximize the information available to voters, no later than 60 days before the regular general election, the Commission must publish on its website any publicly available judicial performance evaluation information about judges eligible for retention.(ii) As required under A.R.S. § 12-120.07, no later than 60 days before the regular primary election, the Commission must publish on its website a list of the decisions of each appellate court judge eligible for retention in the next regular general election with the decision's official citation and an electronic copy of the decision.(B) Secretary of State Website. As required under A.R.S. § 19-124.01, no later than 60 days before the regular primary election, the Commission must transmit the following information to the secretary of state for publication on the secretary of state's website:(i) biographical information in no more than 300 words on each appellate judge eligible for retention, including length of time serving in a judicial capacity and educational background; and(ii) a list of published decisions in which an appellate judge eligible for retention ruled on the constitutionality of a statute together with citation to the relevant provision of the constitution.(3)Other. By any other methods it deems necessary to provide voters with easy access to meaningful and accurate information about judicial performance, the Commission may disseminate information, including information:(A) made public by these rules or Rule 123 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona;(B) to educate the state's voters about the role of judges;(C) about the judicial performance review process;(D) about the judges eligible for retention; and(E) about whether a judge meets the judicial performance standards for retention.Ariz. R. P. Jud. Perfor. Rev. 7
Adopted Aug. 24, 2023, effective 10/1/2023.