I looked up every judge on my ballot

[nini]

I voted NO on every damn one of them that was appointed by a republican. It was worth the effort.

Normally I only vote no if they've had suspect rulings etc. Not this time or ever again.

[shanti]

1. I did this as well

Makes my decision a lot easier.

[Kajun Gal]

2. Glad that people are studying and researching the ballots! Good job!!!!!👍

[superpatriotman]

3. Good job, Citizen!

An educated voter is our best customer

[Basement Beat]

4. Awesome.

Looking up judges is something I rarely ever do. This time I went in pretty deep in their connections and boy oh boy do I look forward to voting in some progressives in the midterms.

[nini]

5. yep

I usually dig deep on all the ballot measures and stuff but always took the judges for granted. I stupidly assumed unless I heard bad they were good enough.

Back in the day when they usually followed the law that wasn't a problem. Now? No stinking way.

[Basement Beat]

8. Have basically done exactly the same.

After the events of these recent years -having judges whose willing to follow the law but still acknowledge humanity in people and not having shadowy right-wing affiliations is more important than ever.

[SoCalNative]

6. Same here

If they were appointed by one of "them" then they got a no vote. Most were appointed by Dems in my state, so most of them got the thumbs up.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. How do you look up that information?

[Flaleftist]

9. If you google the judges name, you should be able

to find out who appointed them.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Thank you.

[Flaleftist]

13. You're welcome.

[Basement Beat]

10. I simply went to my sample ballot...

in my secretary of state page (Michigan) for me. Most of them have a link to their webpage or Twitter account which exposes their political slant and connections pretty quickly. Other than, I just simply google them and see what comes up in local media sites.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Thank you.

[OriginalGeek]

31. I've found this so far

for people on my sample ballot:
Eric Eisnaugle - republican - willget a NO from me.
Justice Alan Lawson - appointed by rick scott. (And earlier by Jeb) - NOPE.
Culver vs Krause - Krause fined and suspended for ethics violations for GOP - but I don't see anything about what party either is though I suspect Krause is GOP. She bought a table at GOP fund-raising event in violation of a rule that says not to do partisan things. She was suspended for 30 days without pay, and fined 25k$. among other things lol. I'm voting Culver there unless the third candidate Shackleford convinces me to vote for him Can;t find out much about other than he was an aviator and his website is expired.

Lemme know if you find anything good on anyone else! People at work keep wanting me to do work stuff for some reason so my googling minutes have dwindled to zip lol.

[Baitball Blogger]

32. Thank you! Very helpful.

[OriginalGeek]

34. You're welcome - I also just found this

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hmGpmMI9dhBRleDXbZ_WuQSjB07X31et/view

Recommendations from Seminole Dems but they say "Yes" on amendment 3 which is the gambling one and I am totally confused on that one.

[Baitball Blogger]

35. I'm not.

We had a "Liberal" mayor who had close ties to Republicans. I don't even know what made him Liberal. The party gets infiltrated through the business organizations.

[KCDebbie]

14. I have considered doing this as well...

But the Governor of Missouri is a Republican and I'm afraid that he would replace them conservatives ed up are even worse...

[DoctorJoJo]

15. I Simply Pulled Up my County Democratic Party's Recommended Ballot.

Got my absentee ballot on 11 Oct, mailed it back the next day.

[nini]

16. I used to do that.

These judges were basically as Yes/No as to whether or not to renew them. There were no endorsements for them in the info I received.

Also,, I disagreed with one of their picks. I always do my own research -even if I agree with them 99% of the time.

[Jersey Devil]

17. This OP is confusing to me

A judge in your state is initially appointed but then has to run for election to the post he was appointed to?

In NJ, all judges are appointed and none are ever elected.

In NC, where I live now, they run on the ballot as Democrats or Republicans, but I don't know if they are initially appointed.

[nini]

21. Yes.. they are appointed but have to be voted on in elections after a certain amount of time

From another site:
https://www.kcet.org/ballot-brief/when-and-why-we-vote-for-judges
When and how judges come to the bench varies accordingly. Justices of the California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal are first appointed by the governor. However, at the very next general election they must be confirmed by the voters. They then generally serve a term of 12 years before coming up for re-election.



I googled each of them and found who appointed them and their general party affiliations.

[lagomorph777]

25. We don't get to vote on them at all in VA

[unitedwethrive]

18. Did the same thing...and if you're in CA, vote NO on CA Supreme Court Justice Carol A. Corrigan

Judge Corrigan was one of the votes against gay marriage rights back in 2008...we didn't forget!

[nini]

20. yep..she was one of them.

[iluvtennis]

19. I will be following your lead. Thanks.

[Hamlette]

22. a stupid way to make your decision

I live in a red state and some GOP governors have made great choices.

[nini]

23. I live in California

To each his own.

There were also other things about them that didn't pass either.

[drmeow]

24. There used to be a far right site

Which analyzed all the judges in Maricopa County (you could still find the page last election but it was not up to date). I used it to vote the opposite of what they recommended!

[OliverQ]

26. Sadly the only judge on the ballot in my district is a Republican

who supported Roy Moore. Ugh. The Dems lost the primary.

[maxrandb]

27. Me too! For my Ohio Absentee Ballot

In the past, Unions would organize and inform local voters on the importance of these "seemingly" inconsequential local and state judiciary races.

We need to get back to building that kind of local political infrastructure EVERYWHERE!!!!

[albacore]

28. I see a flaw in that tactic....

I was looking thru the voter's guide about one of our state Supreme Court justice races. The first endorsement was from our former rightwingnut AG....and I said "Nope" on the candidate. Then I noticed that the second endorsement was from our very liberal former governor. Then the Building Trades union. Then the VERY liberal Congressional rep. And on and on. Lots of libs.

The candidate must be really good. The other candidate was .... meh...

I didn't go any further.

[nini]

37. I didn't use endorsement materials

I googled them and did my own research.

[treestar]

29. How does it work? They get appointed first and

then you vote on retaining them?

All of ours are appointed and never subject to any election.

[nini]

38. yes.. they are up every 12 years here in California

.

[treestar]

39. Thanks for the answer

I like that. You can vote them out. Maybe makes their heads not so big.

[nini]

40. you're welcome

Yes.. accountability is important for sure.

[FakeNoose]

30. Great strategy and thanks for the suggestion

In Pennsylvania we vote for judges as well, and sometimes I'm scratching my head over whom to vote for. It's hard to know about day-to-day court happenings, especially when things are taking place in other parts of the state.

[Sunsky]

33. I did the same in FL

I only have 1 yes, she was 1st appointed by Gov. Chiles.

[OriginalGeek]

42. Good enough for Walkin' Lawton

good enough for me.


I choose to believe that Carl Hiaasen's Skink character is based on him.

[Autumn]

36. Here is a site to use for judges on the ballot in Colorado

http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/index.cfm??fbclid=IwAR1kzvXUoX5ffaAwZDM7tZczu9MUI5bQ5jyR1jo_klTavRpoJ7DYopUtqDA&CFID=34262171&CFTOKEN=7b6a75f3a09df2f6-E86E744B-00AF-BBD9-DC89D55B3F2BB8D2

[lunatica]

41. If I don't know what their affiliation is I don't vote for them

I won’t vote for a Republican no matter what. Not even by accident.

[Tiggeroshii]

43. CA Supreme court has become quite liberal

but most judges on this court were appointed by Republicans. I will not be voting them down simply because of party affiliation.

[nini]

44. Carol Corrigan voted against gay marriage

She got a no.

Is that enough to vote no?

[Tiggeroshii]

45. That isnt voting no because of party affiliation then.

You made my point. I also voted no on her

[nini]

47. I didn't prove your point

I added fuel to mine

[Tiggeroshii]

48. Ok. So your point is not to decide on voting for judges

Strictly based on party preferences? But rather on how thry vote? Because that is actually my point as well

[WhiskeyWulf]

46. I did the same thing today.

Looked up who appointed them & who's endorsing them. It takes a little more effort to find information on judges, but it's important.