Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Another day, another voters' guide....

This one is from an outfit called Chicago Votes, but it's not pitched at all Chicagoans apparently... only the "young people":
The reader may wonder what is meant by the above and foregoing. I can offer no clarification.

But I can tell you how this particular guide was made, because the makers offer this explanation: "We asked candidates questions about issues that young people give a sh*t about."

But, you say, never mind the generalities: What does the Chicago Votes Voters' Guide have to say about the retention judges?

Well, the Guide comes in hot, to begin with (punctuation, CAPS and bold as in original):
AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM, and that is our courts! Use our judicial cheat sheet to disrupt judges that have been flagged as not recommended or not qualified! They too COZY!
But... it is a little unclear at whom the Chicago Votes disruptors have been aimed.

Here are the instructions for reading the Chicago Votes judicial guide:
Note the use of red letters. Practically anyone who drew any sort of notice, good or bad, in the Injustice Watch Judicial Guide gets branded with red letters by Chicago Votes:
It is safe to say that Injustice Watch has singled out one of the members of the retention class for having what it deems an unusually high reversal rate and also that Injustice Watch has highlighted two members of the retention class (only one of whom is actually seeking retention) who chose to forego the bar associations' judicial evaluation process. But the 'judicial cheat sheet' from Chicago Votes seems to be suggesting a sort of equivalence between "0% qualified" and a "flag" from Injustice Watch.

Chicago Votes bills itself as "a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We’re engaging a new generation of leaders, changing laws to make Chicago and Illinois a better place to be young, and in the process, we’re making democracy FUN."

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