JUDICIAL RETENTION Q&A: Indiana voters will decide whether to keep Supreme Court or Court of Appeals jurists. Here’s how that works.

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 18, 2024 This November, three Indiana Supreme Court justices and two Court of Appeals of Indiana judges will be on the ballot for retention. Indiana voters do not elect the state justices or appellate judges. Instead, the justices and appellate judges are appointed by the governor as part of a judicial merit selection process.  However, through the retention vote, Hoosiers do get to decide whether the jurists on the ballot should be retained. The November ballot will include a single question for each of the five jurists, asking voters whether the justice or judge should be retained. Any of the five who gets a majority of “yes” ...