How Are You Suppose To Decide which judges to vote for??

[rubicon]

I voted right after my golf game on Tuesday. And again I was stumped by how to vote when it came to judges, with the except of Judge Hatcher who did campaign briefly.

I understand the conflict of interest claimed by judges campaigning because after all we all know that they only based their decision on objective and factual issues pertaining to a case law.

Actually from the local justice of the peace to the Supreme court of these United States I believe we should have a complete resume including all bona fides affilations etc and that we the people should elect all judges. Judges have extraordinary powers at all levels and we pay the penalty when the inevitable powerful forces of political meet up with these members of the courts

[marianne237]

Have often wondered why there are no pictures or bios printed in the newspaper for judges as there are for other candidates. Frustrating.

[TNLAKEPANDA]

Vote them all out . Turnover is good.

[rubicon]

Vote them all out . Turnover is good.

That's what I did but was it the smartest thing to do?

We are all too nationally focused and forge how locals have a greater affect over our lives. Judges wield enormous power and have control over personal aspects of our lives that they have no right in deciding for us

[Sophie11]

Berger
Evander
Lawson
Orfinger
Palmer
Sawaya
Wallis

We have to go with what we think we need!

[Bubble Gum]

My husband and I were in a similar situation. Who are these judges??? We knew nothing about any of them and were in the throes of not voting on any of them at all.

Then I decided to Google all of them -- separately, of course. That gave us some information we previously did not have, which was no information. While I would have like to read even more about each of them, we voted a few of them to go by the way of the winds and decided to keep a couple.

That was the best we could do with the online information that was available to us.

[casita37]

Have often wondered why there are no pictures or bios printed in the newspaper for judges as there are for other candidates. Frustrating.

Why would a picture matter? You can just google the candidate to find all kinds of info.

[Bubble Gum]

My husband and I were in a similar situation. Who are these judges??? We knew nothing about any of them and were in the throes of not voting on any of them at all.

Then I decided to Google all of them -- separately, of course. That gave us some information we previously did not have, which was no information. While I would have like to read even more about each of them, we voted a few of them to go by the way of the winds and decided to keep a couple.

That was the best we could do with the online information that was available to us.

[nitehawk]

Vote them all out . Turnover is good.

Right ----change is good

[NYGUY]

I never vote for Judges unless I know something of substance about them.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I believe that we generally really no nothing about candidates for political office unless we know them personally. What we get is what their campaign staff wants us to think about them or what their opponents want us to think about them and usually neither one of these is an accurate picture. We might know that one of them did a favor for someone we know, but is that really a way to determine if they will do a good job?
The one thing that we do know about them is their party affiliation. That tells me what their general ideas and attitudes are. Since we really don't know anything else about candidates, I usually vote for the one whose party affiliation is the same as mine. I know that we at least have that in common and I know that we think somewhat along the same lines.

[rubicon]

I believe that we generally really no nothing about candidates for political office unless we know them personally. What we get is what their campaign staff wants us to think about them or what their opponents want us to think about them and usually neither one of these is an accurate picture. We might know that one of them did a favor for someone we know, but is that really a way to determine if they will do a good job?
The one thing that we do know about them is their party affiliation. That tells me what their general ideas and attitudes are. Since we really don't know anything else about candidates, I usually vote for the one whose party affiliation is the same as mine. I know that we at least have that in common and I know that we think somewhat along the same lines.

Doc: but that is one of the issues we do not know a judge's party afflilation and they will tell you it doesn't matter because they are going to vote the law but that is contrary to what many of them do. their politics dominate their decisions. so if a voter knows their politics they can better decide for themselves.

Even knowing all their is to know doesn't seem to faze some voters. Just look at the close call for the Florida governorship. what a country

[TheVillageChicken]

I too have this problem, but only in the primaries. In the general election, I vote the party line.

[pqrstar]

I never vote for Judges unless I know something of substance about them.

Exactly, I feel I have an obligation to use my right to vote wisely.

One does NOT have to vote on every amendment or every office on the ballot.

Kudos to those who took the time to do the research.

To simply vote arbitrarily is being un-citizen like.

[MikeV]

Right ----change is good

Ah yup!:agree:

[Sparty6971]

Here is an excellent source of information: The League of Women Voters of The Villages/Tri-County Area: lwvtri.org/ Lots info on their main page and on the various places they link to. Totally non-partisan. They have published a number of guides for the general election. One of them in particular pertains to the election of judges. It's free of course and doesn't support one judge or another. It tells you how to get detailed information about every judge running for election or retention. lwvtri.org/files/florida_bar_guide_to_electing_judges.pdf Hope this helps.

[Shimpy]

[QUOTE= Since we really don't know anything else about candidates, I usually vote for the one whose party affiliation is the same as mine. I know that we at least have that in common and I know that we think somewhat along the same lines.[/QUOTE]


Me too, but that doesn't work for judges since we don't know their party.

[dbussone]

Me too, but that doesn't work for judges since we don't know their party.

But you can look up the cases they have decided. I voted NO for all appeals court judges because of several decisions that I disliked.

[shcisamax]

But you can look up the cases they have decided. I voted NO for all appeals court judges because of several decisions that I disliked.

I agree. It takes a little time to look into it but we as a nation really need to start really looking at who is making the decisions.