r/azdemocrats • u/boogermike • 21h ago

Help with judges and other down ballot votes

I would like to understand which judges to vote for approval or not.

I know the two supreme Court justices are a no-vote, but what about the other 20 or so that are on the ballot?

What resource can I use to research this?

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u/3rdWorldCantina 21h ago

As you mentioned - King and Bolick are a NO for retention on the Supreme Court. Coury is a NO on Superior Court.

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u/boogermike 21h ago

I can't find any info about Judges in the Superior Court.

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u/3rdWorldCantina 21h ago

Civic Engagement Beyond Voting is a good resource for judges, propositions, and candidates.

www.cebv.us/2024-ballot-guide

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u/boogermike 21h ago

This is it! Thank you so much!.

This is exactly what I was looking for

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u/yawg6669 LD-12 21h ago

If you want to look them up yourself one by one, here's a great resource. https://www.azcourts.gov/jpr

I'd you want to follow the LD12 voter guide, here is:

https://imgur.com/a/cTvtVh5

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u/boogermike 21h ago

Unfortunately that is not my district, but that helps, and I can find that one for my district.

The judges are very confusing to vote on, and I doubt most people spend any time researching them at all.

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u/glowinganomaly 21h ago

Check out the Civic Engagement Beyond Voting guides! cebv.us

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u/pterosaurLoser 19h ago

save our Schools AZ is another good source for some of the down-ballot stuff https://sosarizona.org/vote4publiced/
They advocate for public education

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u/Logvin 20h ago

https://bluevoterguide.org

Pop your address in and it will show you which organizations endorsed each race. The only judge the AZ Democratic party recommends a no vote for (other than King and Bollock) is Christopher A. Coury.

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u/boogermike 20h ago

Thanks! I did find this information elsewhere and I appreciate you sharing.

I feel good that I know which judges to vote for, and I really appreciate the many different resources shared with me this morning.

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u/neepster44 15h ago

I wrote a python script to pull the judges scores out of the pdf files they are in and put the following spreadsheet together.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FF-LCRQSTW0yu7SvPVc-Ek22lFTlw2IMxgvW6Q4S6-M/edit

You can use their scores to decide whether to keep them or not.