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"Election Day" is now just the last day you can vote. "Early Voting" has been available for the past 2 weeks in most places. Polls are open on the weekends.

by ewams 10y ago

rgbrenner 10y ago
there are 13 states that don't permit it or require a valid excuse: https://ballotpedia.org/Early_voting https://ballotpedia.org/Early_voting
- jrockway 10y ago
  Yeah, I'm jealous of my friends from other states that get to vote early. Seems much less stressful to sit by your computer so you can Google whoever you want before voting for them. Sadly there seems to be zero information about judges on the ballot. Except one guy in my district who was added to the ballot by mistake; he doesn't want to be a judge, and isn't qualified. He was nominated accidentally because he has the same name as a prominent lawyer, who also doesn't want to be a judge. Worst form of government except for all the others...
  - rgbrenner 10y ago
    Judges are hard to vote on.. I usually can't find much on the internet on them. In Colorado, for the past 30-or-so years, there's a "State Commission on Judicial Performance" and they review the judges and it's added to the voter booklet. They put it online: http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/review.cfm?year=2016 http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/review.cfm?year=2... And an example of one of their reviews: http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/retention.cfm?ret=1095 http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/retention.cfm?ret... It's not perfect.. they recommend all of the judges be retained. No matter how bad they are. So you have to ignore that, and read the review which seems more informative (IMO at least).
    - gizmo686 10y ago
      There is a line of thought that says that judges should not be elected (which most of the world follows), because being subject to election forces them to make the popular decision, instead of the legally correct one. In this light, there is very good reason to recommend that judges be retained; as having judges be worried about retention causes real problems for our judicial system.
      - jrockway 10y ago
        At least in my district (Brooklyn), the judges have 14 year terms, and I think that is a good compromise between accountability to the electorate and freedom from the flavor of the month. To get onto the appeals circuit (may be misusing that term), they have to then be appointed by the governor. So I think this is a fine system, if I actually knew who I was voting for.

"Election Day" is now just the last day you can vote. "Early Voting" has been available for the past 2 weeks in most places. Polls are open on the weekends.

by ewams 10y ago

"Election Day" is now just the last day you can vote. "Early Voting" has been available for the past 2 weeks in most places. Polls are open on the weekends.

rgbrenner 10y ago

there are 13 states that don't permit it or require a valid excuse: https://ballotpedia.org/Early_voting https://ballotpedia.org/Early_voting

jrockway 10y ago
Yeah, I'm jealous of my friends from other states that get to vote early. Seems much less stressful to sit by your computer so you can Google whoever you want before voting for them. Sadly there seems to be zero information about judges on the ballot. Except one guy in my district who was added to the ballot by mistake; he doesn't want to be a judge, and isn't qualified. He was nominated accidentally because he has the same name as a prominent lawyer, who also doesn't want to be a judge. Worst form of government except for all the others...
- rgbrenner 10y ago
  Judges are hard to vote on.. I usually can't find much on the internet on them. In Colorado, for the past 30-or-so years, there's a "State Commission on Judicial Performance" and they review the judges and it's added to the voter booklet. They put it online: http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/review.cfm?year=2016 http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/review.cfm?year=2... And an example of one of their reviews: http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/retention.cfm?ret=1095 http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/retention.cfm?ret... It's not perfect.. they recommend all of the judges be retained. No matter how bad they are. So you have to ignore that, and read the review which seems more informative (IMO at least).
  - gizmo686 10y ago
    There is a line of thought that says that judges should not be elected (which most of the world follows), because being subject to election forces them to make the popular decision, instead of the legally correct one. In this light, there is very good reason to recommend that judges be retained; as having judges be worried about retention causes real problems for our judicial system.
    - jrockway 10y ago
      At least in my district (Brooklyn), the judges have 14 year terms, and I think that is a good compromise between accountability to the electorate and freedom from the flavor of the month. To get onto the appeals circuit (may be misusing that term), they have to then be appointed by the governor. So I think this is a fine system, if I actually knew who I was voting for.