[Magdalen] Supreme Court

[Scott Knitter]

Ours are elected by a largely uninformed electorate who have to negotiate a massive bed sheet ballot-paper. I suspect many skip that section and others vote blindly. I heard that candidates with Irish-looking surnames do better than others. Then there are the bed sheet ballots on which we vote yes or no on whether to retain each of dozens of judges. I vote no on all, but it is very rare that one of them gets tossed out.

There are ways to do homework on these, mainly by reviewing the recommendations of the various legal societies and being sure to vote no on the stinkers.

Terrible system, in my view. But probably a good system to get into as a new candidate once you've legally changed your surname to O'Sullivan.

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> On Jun 28, 2015, at 5:53 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Judges in Massachusetts are appointed, not elected.
> 
> I don't aee that changing any time soon.
> -M
> 
> On Sunday, June 28, 2015, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> How does that concept of judges holding thewir office during good
>> behavioir interact with judges needing to seek election or reelection by
>> popular ballot?
>>