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Thereafter, in the event the court excuses one of the initially selected jurors, it may then impanel the alternate. Courts in every federal judicial district empanel grand juries of 23 persons. Federal grand juries generally serve for 18 months. The 18 months begin to run from the date of empanelment. However, the district court may discharge the jury earlier, or extend the jury's service six additional months, if it finds the extension to be in the public interest.
Grand juries consist of 16 to 23 jurors (it's up to the judge), but 12 yes votes are always required for an indictment. Grand jurors are selected from the same voter registration rolls used to pick ordinary federal jurors. Hundreds are summoned when a new jury is needed and then the judge excuses people who would find it especially burdensome to give up two or three days a week for a year and a half. As a result, grand jurors are generally retirees, the unemployed, or government employees.