November 10, 2008
On election day, four counties in three states (Alabama, Missouri and Kansas) chose Merit Selection over judicial elections. In three of these elections, voters chose to switch from elections to Merit Selection. In the fourth, votes rejected the offer to switch from Merit Selection to judicial elections. The critical point is that in each of these jurisdictions, voters were given the opportunity to make a choice about how they wanted to select their judges. To read more about this, read our recent blog post at JudgesOnMerit.org.
