Issue Position: Judicial Elections

Issue Position

In 2013, Chief Justice O'Connor announced an 8-point plan for improving judicial selection in Ohio and began a campaign for collecting public input on the ideas. In 2014, she proposed a 3-point plan based on the feedback and began the process of working with legislative leaders on measures. In 2015, Chief Justice O'Connor and partner organizations launched JudicialVotesCount.org to better educate Ohio voters about what judges do and why it is important to all citizens. The website, which fulfills one aspect of her plan by implementing a comprehensive statewide nonpartisan voter information and engagement effort, provides a centralized repository so voters can gain easy access to more information about judges and judicial candidates with an ultimate goal of elevating meaningful voter participation levels in judicial elections.

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