I know to vote against the Supremes here in Iowa, but I’ve got 9 lower court judges on my ballot about whom I know little or nothing. Can any Iowa Freepers point me to resources so I can cast intelligent votes on them? Or should I just exercise the imprecise tactic of voting against all of them? I know that ALL the judges in Iowa aren’t bad. For years I was proud to have a cousin frequently rated as the worst judge in the state... by liberal rating groups. He’s now retired and we could use more like he was. But I’m now not even finding liberal ratings to flip and use against them.
Most of us have the same problem in our home state. The best I have been able to figure out is to plug the person's name in a search engine (I use Dogpile.com as it scans ALL engines) and see what comes up. Sometimes it is only a few news articles but you may be able to glean which way that person leans.
It's time-consuming and a pin, I know, which is why many of these foul balls continue to retain their seats. Once the Gunowners Of America sent me a postcard about some judge who was a keeper. Keeper or Tosser, I wish the NRA and GOA would do that on a consistent basis - that's one contribution I would gladly support.
I have the same problem here in Illinois.
My current thinking is that if they are a sitting judge in Illinois they must be corrupt. Therefor I will vote NO across the board.