How many times have you been selected for jury duty?

Found this concerning Lake County in Indiana on Jury Duty. Don't know if it applies across the board in IN or anywhere else in the US, but sounds like they pick by a combo of drivers license, and tax returns.

http://www.lakejuryduty.org/faq.htm#3


3. How are people chosen to be called for jury service? Top

Prior to 2006, the Lake County jury system obtained the names of Lake County residents who are included on the list of registered voters and the lists maintained by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Now, jurors are randomly selected from a combined list including Department of Revenue and Bureau of Motor Vehicles information.

A random selection of 100,000 names is made at the beginning of each year. Throughout the year, prospective jurors are selected randomly from the 100,000 initial jurors and are sent a juror qualification questionnaire/summons. This questionnaire must be completed by the prospective juror and returned to the Office of the Court Administrator. Those individuals who "qualify" for service-a US citizen and county resident; at least 18 years of age; who are able to understand and communicate in English; are not suffering from a physical or mental disability or under a guardianship because of mental incapacity; have not had their rights revoked due a felony conviction and are not a law enforcement officer (criminal trials only) must report for service as indicated on the summons.

On July 1, 2006, juror exemptions have eliminated statewide. This means that no automatic exemptions are available by statute. All jurors must respond to the court as to why they cannot serve and the determination as to defer a juror's service now fails completely on the Court

I 1915, women got the right to vote in Denmark, and you had to be 25 years old. Since then, the age for voting has gone down. In 1953, you had to be 23 years old, in 1961 21 years and in 1970 20 years. Since 1978 the voting age has been 18 years old.

Everyone can vote, as long as you’re a Danish citizen. About a month before an election, the authoraties send us all a voting card, which we bring along to the nearest school where we exchange it for the voting slip.

Concerning voting in USA... does that mean if you don’t have a drivers licence you can’t vote? :eek: Not everyone over 18 has one.

Liz, to get elected for jury duty, you actually have to be a MEMBER of a political party! Any party.

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Originally Posted by Randi

Concerning voting in USA... does that mean if you don’t have a drivers licence you can’t vote? :eek: Not everyone over 18 has one.

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No, you can still vote if you don't have a driver's license. You just need to register to vote first. The voting age is also 18 here. There are simply more people who are licensed to drive than there are registered to vote.

I've also read that sometimes they populate the jury duty list with names from the driver's license AND voter registration, which can lead to some people being on the list twice. Maybe this is why some people get called more than others?

I think so. In New York they use voter registration; DMV, and maybe taxpayer rolls as well; up to 3 different data bases, so if they don't talk to each other, you could get pooled from different ones. That's what I think happened with me.

Well Catlady711, you were correct. The law was amended in 2005 to
include one other list as well as voters reg. :)

http://www.in.gov/judiciary/orders/r.../july/jury.pdf

once for the county and once for the district
and the county one got cancelled and the district one I had a drs excuse. :)

Proof they use more than one list....

I have received TWO jury summons for the month of April. Same court -- different courthouses, different dates.

The difference is my name. Some of my "official" records -- my driver's license for example - I am Sara Jane X. On others I am Sara J. X.

One summons is for Sara Jane the other Sara J. I am glad I had already sent in the response for the first one I received - it is an easier courthouse!

(No, I do not have to go to both!)

I turned 69 last week and so far I have not been called. I am a registered voter, own a home,
have a drivers license and have no criminal record. It makes you wander what criteria they use to decide on calling you or not. My wife got her first notice last week and she is 59.:confused::confused:

Let's see... 3 times. Once at the Daley Center - good people watching there; once for the Criminal Courts at 26th and California and once at the far south suburban court center. Where I actually got picked. The case was a drunk driver and when I acknowledged that I have a problem with DWI, because drunk drivers tend to get head injuries, and I'm a rehab nurse -- I got un-selected very fast! But then I got to sit behind one of the attorneys. Watching them circle and cross off juror numbers as they worked the panel was very interesting. In Cook County, jury duty is tied to voter registration and I've heard that if you don't vote, you don't get picked even though you're a registered voter. In my last job I was starting to wonder where a jury summons was when I needed it? But not so in this job!

I've been selected several times but only spent a day at the courthouse once. I always got out of it for one reason or another (NOT that I was trying to shove off my duty, it just happened to fall on bad times)

I have a driver's license, am a registered voter, have been at the same address for 38 years, and never received a summons until I was in my 50's. I was excused for medical reasons, and have never been summoned since, altho medical excuses are only valid for 3 years. However, I know of folks who get summoned religiously every 3 years no matter what they were excused for. :confused: