Judges' Code of Ethics

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Judges will consciously avoid bias of any kind in selecting first, second, and third-place contestants. They will not consider any contestant's club, area, division or district affiliation. Nor will they consider any contestant's age, sex, race, creed, national origin, profession or political beliefs. They will demostrte the utmost objectivity.
Judges will not time the speeches and will not consider the possibility of undertime or overtime when judging a contestant's speech.
Judges will support by word and deed the contest rules and judging standards refraining from public criticism of the contest or revealing scores and ranking only in accordance with official policy.

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