CELINA - Mercer County's annual jury draw was once an all-day task for court staff.
They would receive a list of all the county's registered voters from the board of elections, make a card for each person, load up a green metal drum with all of the cards, spin the drum to shuffle them and randomly pick over 1,000 jurors by hand for the next year's court proceedings, with the county common pleas judge, clerk of courts and jury commissioners present. [
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