# Probability of being called for jury duty

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-of-being-called-for-jury-duty/334056>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 4, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-of-being-called-for-jury-duty/334056 "2005-12-04T18:10:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-of-being-called-for-jury-duty/334056/21 "2005-12-05T23:14:46Z")

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Around here it is (or at least used to be) random drawings from the pool, which as other posters noted, is mainly comprised of registered voters. That explains how I was called three times in six years, while my wife has never been called.

More proof why there’s no good statistical way to determine how likely you are to be called.

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