Georgia Judicial Elections Public Financing Needed

Action from Common Cause

Georgia elects its judges, and doing so has worked pretty well over the years. However, we are now seeing high stakes races with big money coming in from attorneys and business interests. This year’s race for Supreme Court is heading towards a million dollars. Even the judges themselves generally feel uncomfortable raising big bucks to fund their election campaigns. Shouldn’t we feel uncomfortable too? There is a better way, already in use in other states, and we want to bring it to Georgia.

To help us, all you have to do is sign an electronic petition supporting public financing of judicial elections in Georgia.

Common Cause Georgia is concerned about the current state of judicial elections for many reasons, including:

Judges are increasingly forced to raise large sums in competitive races, often with much of it coming from special interest groups, attorneys, and the law firms who will appear before them in future cases.

A judge’s job is to interpret the law, yet by forcing them to raise money like politicians, we fear that judicial candidates will feel pressured to respond to campaign contributors.

By signing this petition, you will help us convince your elected representatives in the Georgia General Assembly to support further investigation of publicly-financed judicial elections.

To sign our petition, click here.

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