Pennsylvanians Can't Afford To Ignore Judicial Elections In 2023

[RandySF]

After a long campaign season which saw millions of Pennsylvanians make their voices heard, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s safe to tune out elections for a while. After all, the next big elections aren’t until 2024, right? Wrong. We vote every six months in the Commonwealth. Next year’s municipal, local, and judicial elections will feature several key races to fill seats on courts across the Commonwealth, including an opening on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

As much as we all want and deserve a break, you can rest assured that the same people who worked so hard to attack our courts in the past won’t be taking off this next election. We can’t afford to sit this one out.

It’s hard to overstate how important state courts are to maintaining rights and freedoms. Think of the three branches of our state government as a three-legged stool – take out one leg and everything comes tumbling down. That’s why it’s so critical that our courts enforce the checks and balances written into our state Constitution. Without them, extremist politicians would be able to strip away our rights and freedoms with nothing to stop them.

Time and again, our state courts have stepped up to defend our right to vote and our right to have our votes counted. Not to mention that courts can have the final say on key issues like education funding, worker protections, access to healthcare, neighborhood safety, and the quality of our air and water.




https://buckscountybeacon.com/2022/11/pennsylvanians-cant-afford-to-ignore-judicial-elections-in-2023/

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1. Thanks for the heads-up. That election is on May 16, 2023.