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 Kevin C Dormant on November 3, 2010 at 3:02pm
All of the Cook County judges up for retention were retained.
Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on November 3, 2010 at 3:10pm
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?
Permalink Reply by Michele on November 3, 2010 at 4:47pm
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
Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on October 24, 2012 at 2:21pm

+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.

Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on October 24, 2012 at 3:37pm

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

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on October 25, 2012 at 12:28am

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.

Permalink Reply by Sarah D. on October 25, 2012 at 2:40am

One judge to look out for this election (as most voters do not do this kind of research and just vote yes to retain) - very interesting story: 

http://www.suntimes.com/15692142-761/despite-bad-reviews-shaky-ment...

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on October 25, 2012 at 2:48am

Important to read that type of information, too.  This particular judge was found not recommended or not qualified by all but one of the associations in Howard's list and also not qualified by the Chicago Bar Association.
 
Sarah D. said:

One judge to look out for this election (as most voters do not do this kind of research and just vote yes to retain) - very interesting story: 

http://www.suntimes.com/15692142-761/despite-bad-reviews-shaky-ment...

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on October 25, 2012 at 2:52am

This is from Uptown Update:

We suggest you review the recommendations of the bar associations at www.VoteForJudges.org.  We also suggest you read this article about Judge Cynthia Brim, who is on indefinite suspension and who was declared "legally insane" earlier this year, but who is still up for re-election (and a $181,000 salary).

Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on October 25, 2012 at 3:08pm

I can't recall for sure but I thought the Chicago Reader regularly puts out their picks for this.  I was sure I looked at their list in 2008 at least...  Can't find it on their site yet, if it is there.  

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