Judicial elections will not solve all the country’s ills, but neither are they a scenario we can ignore without consequences.

A scarcely attended election in June — turnout was just 11% — replaced career judges, magistrates and Supreme Court justices with those chosen by popular vote.

Silvia Delgado, a former lawyer for drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in 2016, receives her electoral certification document for winning a judgeship in the June 1 judicial elections, in Ciudad ...

Technically, judicial races are non-partisan, but in New York, candidates for various judgeships need the backing of local ...

Virginia is the other. In a state where judicial elections often rely heavily on relationships, Judge Milton Kimpson of Columbia is up for re-election to a Circuit Court seat he won in February 2024.

Judicial elections, as they are conceived, are a half-hearted democracy: unknown candidates, empty campaigns and a disoriented citizenry. For voting to be meaningful – and not just a political ...