Why judicial votes count
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Have you ever skipped voting for judges on your ballot? You’re not alone.
A majority of Ohio voters say they don’t vote for judges because they don’t know enough about the candidates.
Judges make decisions that affect our lives every day and in countless ways. That’s why we should care about whom we elect to serve as judges.
Judicial Votes Count is a nonpartisan partnership committed to providing you, the Ohio voter, with everything you need to make informed choices about judicial candidates, including:
• Why the candidate is running;
• The candidate’s legal experience; and,
• What judges do.
Before you cast your ballot, get to know all of your judicial candidates and why Judicial Votes Count.
Judicial Votes Count is intended to be a lasting initiative beginning with the 2015 election and providing judicial candidate information for both the primary and general elections for years to come.
About the partnership
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor has brought together the League of Women Voters of Ohio, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, the Ohio Newspaper Association, and the Ohio Association of Broadcasters to better educate Ohioans about judges and the Ohio court system, as well as to increase voter participation in judicial elections.
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Highland County Judicial Elections 2016
For Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (Term Beginning: 1/1/2017):
Maureen O’Connor.
For Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (Term Beginning: 1/1/2017):
Patrick F. Fischer, John O’Donnell.*
For Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (Term Beginning: 1/2/2017):
Pat DeWine, Cynthia W. Rice.
For Judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeals (Term Beginning: 2/9/2017):
Valarie K. Gerlach.* (W), Matthew W. McFarland.
There are no local judicial seats up for election in Highland County in 2016.
*Declined to participate.
Read more at http://blogs.uakron.edu/judicialvotescount/highland-county-judicial-elections-2016/ or go to http://www.highlandcountypress.com/Content/Opinions/Opinion/Article/Make-your-judicial-vote-count/4/22/29142.
Have you ever skipped voting for judges on your ballot? You’re not alone.
A majority of Ohio voters say they don’t vote for judges because they don’t know enough about the candidates.
Judges make decisions that affect our lives every day and in countless ways. That’s why we should care about whom we elect to serve as judges.
Judicial Votes Count is a nonpartisan partnership committed to providing you, the Ohio voter, with everything you need to make informed choices about judicial candidates, including:
• Why the candidate is running;
• The candidate’s legal experience; and,
• What judges do.
Before you cast your ballot, get to know all of your judicial candidates and why Judicial Votes Count.
Judicial Votes Count is intended to be a lasting initiative beginning with the 2015 election and providing judicial candidate information for both the primary and general elections for years to come.
About the partnership
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor has brought together the League of Women Voters of Ohio, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, the Ohio Newspaper Association, and the Ohio Association of Broadcasters to better educate Ohioans about judges and the Ohio court system, as well as to increase voter participation in judicial elections.
* * *
Highland County Judicial Elections 2016
For Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (Term Beginning: 1/1/2017):
Maureen O’Connor.
For Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (Term Beginning: 1/1/2017):
Patrick F. Fischer, John O’Donnell.*
For Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (Term Beginning: 1/2/2017):
Pat DeWine, Cynthia W. Rice.
For Judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeals (Term Beginning: 2/9/2017):
Valarie K. Gerlach.* (W), Matthew W. McFarland.
There are no local judicial seats up for election in Highland County in 2016.
*Declined to participate.
Read more at http://blogs.uakron.edu/judicialvotescount/highland-county-judicial-elections-2016/ or go to http://www.highlandcountypress.com/Content/Opinions/Opinion/Article/Make-your-judicial-vote-count/4/22/29142.