Things I found out, including things that have been handed to me

From the silver platter department, this 'heat map' of the vote distribution in the race for the Rogers vacancy in the 4th Subcircuit, courtesy of Frank Calabrese:

Following up on last week's story about the appointment of Arlene Y. Coleman-Romeo to a countywide vacancy that I thought was going to be assigned to a new subcircuit under the Judicial Circuits Districting Act of 2022: It will be. It just hasn't happened yet.

In response to a query from FWIW, the Supreme Court's press officer injected a note of caution that I do not believe to be required here (note the use of the word "if"): "The vacancy created by Maras’ retirement will be filled by election in 2024 so if it needs to be allotted to a subcircuit, that allotment will occur closer to the 2024 election. Per statute, the Chief Justice certifies vacancies prior to each election and in that certification indicates which subcircuit each vacancy is allotted to."

The inference here is that the Supreme Court currently has no allocation order (such as was created when the initial 15 subcircuits came into existence in the early 1990s). If there isn't one, however, there will be.

Speaking of vacancies, FWIW hears that the number of Associate Judge vacancies has increased from 10 to 14 at this point and that interviews of the current class of applicants are about to begin. Interviews will be scheduled as bar association ratings are completed for each applicant.

There were 212 applicants in this current round -- but some of these were successful candidates in the recent primary and therefore have no need to pursue one of the AJ vacancies.