and Oakland Election: Latest results on propositions and key races Every 12 years, however, voters get to have a say in whether a judge should be retained with a “yes” vote, or dismissed with a “no.” If voters decide not to retain a judge, the governor appoints a replacement. Judges at this level of the law were originally appointed by the governor, not by voters. We’re still a democratic stronghold, and our judges for the Supreme and appeals courts are well-vetted and monitored.Ĭalifornia judicial retention elections, like the ones on your November ballot for state Supreme Court and the California Court of Appeals, function differently than those of regular elections. Thankfully, California doesn’t suffer the same problems as these other parts of the country in this regard. The Orlando Sentinel has told its readers not to retain the majority of Florida’s justices on the ballot this November over concerns surrounding its ideological bent. Wade, state Supreme Court justices in places like Indiana and Ohio suddenly have an outsized role in determining the legality of reproductive rights.
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