With Election Day just over a month away, local bar associations have released recommendations on which candidates should be placed on the bench, and which current judges should remain.Out of 61 sitting Supreme Court, Appellate Court and circuit court judges facing retention on Cook County ballots on Nov. 6, 55 earned passing marks.In order to be retained, a judge must receive at least 60 percent yes votes in order to receive new terms. No Cook County judge has lost a retention vote since 1990.Among the 44 judicial …