Supreme Court Justices are in a hot race to keep jobs

The Tallahassee Democrat reported on our voter education campaign this morning, saying that the upcoming merit retention vote “appears likely to become the most hotly contested judicial elections in more than 20 years.” In the article, Jesse Phillips addressed the overarching goals of the effort:

“I wouldn’t want a judge thrown off the bench for one bad ruling,” said Jesse Phillips, a Winter Park computer programmer who heads Restore Justice 2012. “But what we’ve seen on the Florida Supreme Court is a pattern of judicial activism.”

The article also aludes the uphill battle we face in seeking to help educate voters, citing a focus group found that “out of 115 voters, not one could name a single Supreme Court justice.”

Read the entire article here.