"Imagine an election whose outcome doesn't just determine the next two years, but the next decade. One where not just voting rights, reproductive rights, and civil rights - but democracy itself - is on the line, and candidates' rulings have implications for the next several election cycles, and the state's once-in-a-decade census and redistricting. One with notoriously low turnout, but historically high stakes."
"Alongside other critical races in Virginia, New Jersey, and California, voters head to the polls through November 4, 2025. Off-year elections are typically sleepy affairs. But before we approach the sexier midterm elections in 2026, we must ensure three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices - Kevin Dougherty, Christine Donohue, and David Wecht - are retained for another 10-year term, especially since election matters will come before their court in 2026."
Pennsylvania is holding judicial retention votes for three Supreme Court justices—Kevin Dougherty, Christine Donohue, and David Wecht—for new ten-year terms ending after 2025. Retention requires a "yes" vote to keep judges who have upheld oaths and impartially interpreted the Constitution, rather than facing opponents. Judicial retention elections typically see low information and low turnout, and these races appear late on ballots. The justices' future rulings will affect voting rights, reproductive rights, civil rights, election administration, the once-a-decade census, and redistricting over the next decade. Recent federal abuses of power and low 2024 turnout make participation in this off-year election especially urgent.
Read at Above the Law
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