Another election day looms in less than one week, and I know you are racking your brain trying to answer one crucial question: What judges should I vote for on Tuesday? The Good news is that once again, I have some cheat sheets for all of you to print and bring to the polls: Illinois State Bar Association ratings for judicial candidates. You can see the ISBA’s ratings by county here. This site will help if you are outside of Cook County. Chicago Bar Association has a handy pocket guide for you Chicagoans headed to the polls on Tuesday. Chicago Council of Lawyers is a non-partisian public interest bar association, and…
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Tips On Voting For Judges
Although the upcoming presidential election is dominating the headlines (thanks, Donald), next Tuesday’s primary is about so much more than who will be the next resident of the White House. Statewide, we are voting on our representatives in Congress and in the legislature. Here in Cook County, among other things, we are voting in the hotly contested race for state’s attorney. Most of you are going to arrive at the section for judges having no idea who any of these people are. Is one of these judges the lady who went off her meds and walked from Markham to the Daley Center to assault a sheriff’s deputy? Is this the…
