The missouri plan can best be described as mix between the and processes used by other states.

The Missouri Plan can best be described as mix between the direct election and mayoral appointment processes used by other states.

Explanation:

The Missouri Plan was created in 1940 as a system of electing judges that mixed the direct election and the mayoral appointment, by which the judges accede to their positions based on the merit of their respective careers, since a panel of lawyers was created to choose a certain number of possible judges, by virtue of their corresponding merits. In turn, from this list presented by the panel, the governor could choose the judges directly. It was then a limit to both systems.

it provided for selection of government employees through competitive examinations. it also made it unlawful to fire or demote covered employees for political reasons or to require them to give political service or payment, and it set up a civil service commission to enforce the law.

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