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§20-1404.1.
§20-1404.1.
A person who is not a judicial officer but is a candidate for a
judicial office shall comply with the standards enumerated below, and
any violation of these standards shall constitute grounds for the
removal by the Court on the Judiciary of a person who is not a
judicial officer elected to a judicial office with or without
disqualification to hold a judicial office in the future.
1. Participation, while a candidate for judicial office, in any
partisan political activity. The term "partisan political activity" as
used in this paragraph shall not include attendance by a candidate for
a judicial office at a political gathering, upon payment of a nominal
admission fee, for the sole purpose of campaigning in his own behalf
for a judicial office.
2. Participation, while a candidate for a judicial office, in any
election campaign other than that for his own election to a judicial
office.
3. While a candidate for a judicial office, making publicly known in
his campaign material or speeches, or knowingly permitting others to
make publicly known, either directly or by implication, his political
party affiliation.
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