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   Anirvan Chatterjee (anirvan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Feb-2024 02:09:51 JST Anirvan Chatterjee

   I'm a pretty high-information voter, and I've *never* found reliable analysis of candidates in California's local judge elections.

   https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/02/california-election-local-judges/

   #CaliforniaPolitics

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     Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Feb-2024 02:09:51 JST Sean Bala

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     @anirvan I love democracy BUT I've always thought it a bit strange that we elect so many judges on a local level in the US. I sometimes think local judges should be appointed as civil servants like in France, or we should have a collegium that selects judges like in India. There are pluses and minuses to both systems but I think there are more negatives to election.

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     Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Feb-2024 02:10:36 JST Sean Bala

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     @anirvan I usually just go with who is recommended by the Illinois Bar Association and I read their write up of the judges to understand why they give the rating they do. The races are non-partisan here too but you usually can tell.

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