They are incomplete. You will notice several blank spaces as you scroll through these grids (click on each to enlarge or clarify as necessary). That means the bar group in question has yet to release its ratings for that candidate. In this compressed (and delayed) primary season, there has been an awful lot to do, and quickly. Bar groups have to evaluate sitting judges seeking retention in November, too; that election has not been delayed. For this unusual election cycle, the Alliance elected to prioritize its investigations of retention candidates (who were known) over primary candidates (whose identities were not necessarily known to the Alliance before candidate filing took place).
So, while there are several possible reasons for the delay in reporting a rating, no inference should be drawn from a blank space in the grids, either about the candidate awaiting a rating or the bar group in question.
It may be hard for phone readers to pick it up, but look carefully: Some of the 'blank' spaces aren't really blank. There is a superscripted '1' in several squares.
Yes, it's a footnote.
We're lawyers; we can't help ourselves.
That superscripted '1' leads to the rating key. Translated, the symbol means that, in this instance, the bar group in question could not complete its evaluation through no fault of the candidate. Perhaps that group could not get a sufficient number of members to the hearing at which the candidate was interviewed; there may be other reasons as well. Regardless, when a bar group says it could not complete its evaluation through no fault of the candidate, it is not a negative evaluation of the candidate. Period. Full stop.
Herewith, then, the Alliance grids (as of yesterday, June 2):
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