G'day Anonymous, Thank you for your question. My understanding is the process is more or less random in terms of sending out the summons. In Australia, it comes from the electoral roll and most other countries would have lists derived from similar sources. In the United States, reasons for disqualification commonly include: * You cannot speak or understand English. * You cannot serve because of a physical or medical disability (You must provide a letter from your doctor). * You are 70 years old or older and do not want to serve. * You already spent a day serving jury duty in state court during the three previous years OR you are scheduled to serve in the near future. * You have been convicted of a felony during the past seven years OR you are a defendant in a felony case now. * You are in jail or prison. * You are a Senator or Representative and the legislature is in session. * You are a judge of the Superior Court, Appellate Court or Supreme Court, you are a judge of probate or you are a federal court judge. * You are not a citizen. I have attached sources for your reference. Regards Reference Jury Duty 101 http://www.pagerealm.com/jury/ LA Superior Court http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/jury/ State of Connecticut laws http://www.jud.ct.gov/faq/jury.html Wikipedia Jury http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_duty#Selection

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i don't know, but the people in this city seemed to get called for this a lot! some people have been called a 3 times within the last 2 years type of thing... although, so far, none of them have ever sat on the jury.