Because the responses are posted as one .pdf document (the link here is to the ICPR website, but I checked both sites, just to be sure) I can't break out the individual responses for my Organizing the Data post. The three candidates responding (in order) are Appellate Court Justice Joy Virginia Cunningham, Appellate Court Justice Aurelia Pucinski, and Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis.
The questions to which the candidates responded are these:
1. Do you feel that that there is a need to change the standards that determines when judicial recusal is required?
2. Do you support the creation of procedures and uniform guidelines for recusal where attorneys or litigants before the court have contributed to campaign committees in support of their candidacy?
3. Do you support a system in which a level of campaign contributions would require an automatic review for recusal?
4. Do you support a system in which a level of campaign contributions would trigger an automatic review for recusal by an outside/impartial arbiter other than the judge himself or herself?
5. If you answered “Yes” to any part of questions 2, 3 or 4, do you believe that the need for judicial recusal should be based on:a fixed dollar amount6. What procedures do you think should be put in place for handling recusal for judges on the:
a fixed percentage of total funds raised
or some other trigger?Illinois Supreme Court7. Do you support the creation of a distinct public database showing contributions to political committees in support of judges’ candidacies?
Illinois Appellate Court
Circuit Court
8. Do you support public financing of judicial campaigns for:Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois Appellate Court
Circuit Court
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