Voters may feel as though they're experiencing a bit of déjá vu next November when they see the ballot listings for Nye County Justice of the Peace.

With the approval by county commissioners of a second Justice of the Peace position earlier this month, voters will have to choose who they want to be their Department II Justice of Peace.

Many of the names that will be filed at the clerk's office will be familiar to voters as the electoral hopefuls ran for the position last election.

Kent Jasperson, a front runner in the 2006 primary with 1,097 votes, admitted he "was very seriously considering running for it."

He said his platform would be the same as it was last time, built on the idea of "fair and equal justice for all."

John Bushko, who garnered 351 votes in the same primary, also said he'd throw his hat into the ring, saying he wants to cut down what he sees as bureaucratic backlog.

"I want to speed up the cases," Bushko said. "It seems they really drag their feet."

Louis DeCanio, a former military police member, made it very clear he had every intention of running.

In the 2006 primary he received 442 votes.

DeCanio said he felt qualified for the position after a lifetime spent running bars in Chicago.

He said he had to make split-second decisions every day to stop fights or settle disputes, and did it without a Taser or a gun.

"When it comes to making fair decisions and dealing with people, I've been doing it all my life," DeCanio said.

His platform is a simple one, DeCanio said: "Equal justice for all."

"I'm not going to play favorites like what's been going on around here," he said. "I don't care who you are, how much money you have, or who your daddy is. The laws are going to pertain the same to everyone."

Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo, when asked if he was going to run for the position, said, "I'm not commenting on that at this time."

The candidates will need to file early, in January, to get their names on the ballot for the six-year term that will begin the first Monday in January of 2009 and last until 2015.

The primary election will still be in August, however, and the general election will be in November.

Justice of Peace Tina Brisebill, the incumbent who won the last time, will continue serving until her term ends in 2013.

The creation of the second justice of the peace position was required by state law once the town's population exceeded 34,000.

According to Gov. Jim Gibbons' office, as of March 1 Pahrump's population was 37,466 residents.

As of the writing of this article, it is unknown whether Mike Foley, one of two pro tempore justices hired by the county to help lighten Brisebell's load, will run for the position.

Foley did run against Brisebill in the last election and garnered 1,031 votes.

Pahrump's justice court has one of the heaviest loads to bear in the county, with 1,318 criminal cases filed for 2006.

That same year, 1,415 civil cases were filed in addition to 2,733 non-traffic cases.