There have been many questions reqarding the newly approved National Specialty and Sweepstakes Judge Selection Process. In addition, several judges were inadvertently left off the ballot.

In the interest of fairness and enabling the JCCA members to make more informed choices regarding their judge selections, the National Steering Committee will be resending the judge's ballot out with a deadline of December 1, 2004.

If you have already sent the previous ballot in, we ask that you complete the new ballot and return it by December 1, 2004.

All judges listed on the ballot are those that are listed in the most current AKC Judges Directory published by the America Kennel.

Sorry for the confusion. If you have any questions, please contact Trish Swagerty at