Talk about everything in Texas being bigger, the current election ballot for Harris County (Houston) has 175 candidates and propositions on it. The list of candidates includes 70 judges. Such a jungle ballot prevents most voters from making intelligent choices in selecting many of the candidates. Many voters will just vote a straight party ticket so they won’t have to bother with making so many choices.
My biggest bitch has always been about the election of partisan candidates for judicial positions. A judge should not be chosen because he seeks election as a Democrat or a Republican. Justice cannot be blind when a judge is influenced by a political party affiliation. As a matter of fact, I believe that all elective positions that are not legislative positions should be non-partisan.
It is hard for me to imagine that there may be longer ballots anywhere else out there. Yup partner, we really do things big in the Lone Star State.
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