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The advocacy of a judgeship system accountable to the public is based on the assumption that judicial elections & candidates are sufficiently salient to the voters for the election process to be meaningful. Data relevant to this assumption may identify factors related to the degree of saliency of judicial candidates. There should be higher salience of judicial candidates among voters who (1) are psychologically involved in election processes, (2) recall receiving information about the election, (3) are aware of election controversies, (4) have been involved in the judicial process, (5) favor elected judges, (6) belong to the same party as judges recalled by memory, & (7) are middle-aged, white, Mc Ms. Voters at four Lubbock, Tex, polling places were surveyed before or after voting during the 1976 general election. Selected places controlled for SC & the generated sample of 779 voter Rs provided a data base. Most interviews were administered orally. While the salience of judicial candidates was low, statistical correlations indicate that awareness of judicial system controversies are positively related to recall of judicial candidates, but no other factors are associated. The public is ignorant of judicial election & candidacy choices. Because saliency increased with information from legal sources, it is suggested that the bar inform voters about elections & judicial candidates to promote a viable electorate. 2 Tables. L. Kamel.