[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by blueash

Out of curiosity I looked at the Sumter Co judge retention election wherein we decide to keep or remove sitting judges. There were six judges on the ballot in the Florida 5th district court of appeal. I never saw any organized opposition to any specific one of these six judges. All were appointed by Republican governors.

All six were retained. Five had almost identical retention votes at 75% to keep with a total of about 56K yes votes.

But one judge did far worse. He only received 67% and 50K votes. More voters voted in his retention than in any of the other five. In other words people who didn't care went out of their way to vote no on him.

No votes were: 18,446 18,108 19,275 18,476 18,244 and then 25,038

Other than his name being Cohen can anyone explain this outcome. Shame on Sumter county voters, my neighbors if you voted no because of his name. Of course you aren't anti-Semitic. Res ipsa loquitur.

re: electing judges.

Since most are unknown quantities to the vast majority of us (like trying to find a good lawyer), my old man had a rule of thumb he used in every case in which he did not know the judge and his/her rulings personally: "Vote Out The Incumbents. Every Time. Never let them get comfortable."