Vote For Judges dot org

For those of you who vote and have been confronted with a list of judges to vote 'yes' or 'no' on, here's a great resource to help you make a more informed opinion:

http://voteforjudges.org

I usually go straight to the grid that shows at a glance how ten bar associations rated each judge:
http://www.voteforjudges.org/2010_General_Election.pdf
(prints on 7 pages).

You can take anything you like into the poll with you, as long as it can't be construed as a political advertisement aimed at other voters.

Here's another handy one-- put in your address and then you can get a .pdf showing what your actual ballot looks like:
http://www.chicagoelections.com/voterinfo.php

Anyone have any similar resources? There are a number of candidates I know little about this time around.

(I did find the old thread but 9/10 of what was posted to it is not relevant to the current election so I decided to start fresh.)
http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/for-those-about-to-vote

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on November 3, 2010 at 8:26pm

For anyone following the gubernatorial situation-- good article I came across explaining the possible recount situation and protocol.

http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x782433207/Looking-ahead-to-a-possi...

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on November 3, 2010 at 9:02pm

All of the Cook County judges up for retention were retained.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on November 3, 2010 at 9:03pm

Kevin Conway said:

All of the Cook County judges up for retention were retained.

Yeah, some guy on here was saying there hadn't been a judge not retained since 1980 or so?

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on November 3, 2010 at 9:10pm

Nobody pays attention to that guy. (It was 1990)

H3N3 said:

Kevin Conway said:
All of the Cook County judges up for retention were retained.

Yeah, some guy on here was saying there hadn't been a judge not retained since 1980 or so?

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Permalink Reply by Michele on November 3, 2010 at 10:47pm

In some states, some are succeeding in bumping judges off the bench. Scary.

For some reason, I can't get the hyperlink to show, but look up NYTimes article: Ouster of Iowa Judges Sends Signal to Bench

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on October 24, 2012 at 7:46pm

It's that time again.

Go to http://voteforjudges.org and print this .pdf

http://voteforjudges.org/2012_GENERAL_ELECTION_RATINGS_from_the_All...

to take with to the polls so you have a shot at an informed decision on about 2/3 of what you'll be voting for.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on October 24, 2012 at 8:21pm

+1. There is also this: http://m.chicagobar.org/jec.aspx and the Chicago Tribune usually publishes its recommendations as well.

h' said:

It's that time again.

Go to http://voteforjudges.org and print this .pdf

http://voteforjudges.org/2012_GENERAL_ELECTION_RATINGS_from_the_All...

to take with to the polls so you have a shot at an informed decision on about 2/3 of what you'll be voting for.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on October 24, 2012 at 8:30pm

It's strange that the Chicago Bar Association is not included in that grid.

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Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on October 24, 2012 at 9:37pm

You can take the bar association opinions with you to the booth, but these are not objective, non-partisan organizations. Vote the way they want you to vote if you'd like

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on October 25, 2012 at 6:28am

The Chicago Bar Association has always issued its evaluations separately from the Alliance of Bar Associations.

As to objective and non-partisan, you are right to an extent since all organizations have an agenda and interpret information in the way that fits their world view. The bar groups do, however, do fairly extensive investigations and--other than the Tribune which I would say is also not non-partisan and objective--this is about all you will find on judges.

Most people are fortunate to not have a lot of personal experience with judges, but if you do have to see one in his or her professional capacity, wouldn't it be good if the judge was at least found qualified or recommended by a majority of the bar associations? Your vote matters.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on October 25, 2012 at 7:53am

Yes, this is understood. It's why I like the grid on the .pdf I linked... you can get a sense of who a judge pissed off and why...

Juan Primo said:

You can take the bar association opinions with you to the booth, but these are not objective, non-partisan organizations. Vote the way they want you to vote if you'd like