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Georgia judicial system
The Georgia court system has five classes of trial-level courts: the magistrate, probate, juvenile, state, and superior courts. In addition, there are approximately 350 municipal courts operating locally. There are two appellate-level courts: the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. [1]
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A study released by the National Institute on Money in State Politics in January 2010 concluded that "women and members of ethnic or racial minorities are underrepresented in a majority of state courts across the nation."[1]
The study took a look at the electoral fates of state-level candidates for judicial positions in 35 states, with a very focused look in 9 states (Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin) with a view to discovering whether their odds of winning office correlated with their:
- Ability to raise money
- Ethnicity, race or gender.[1]
Of the 154 candidates scrutinized in the study:
- 12% of the 154 state candidates were members of an ethnic or racial minority.
- 35% of the 154 candidates were women.[1]
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