Sep 18 2008
Governor Rendell Reaffirms Support for Merit Selection
Following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 16, Governor Edward G. Rendell reaffirmed his long-standing support for Merit Selection of appellate judges. In a press release issued by his office, Governor Rendell stated:
Our system of electing appellate judges makes no sense at all. It takes a tremendous amount of time and money to run a statewide campaign, yet our judicial candidates are forced to accept indirect contributions from lawyers and special interest groups that know they will, one day, have to argue a case before that judicial candidate.
Governor Rendell included Merit Selection in an earlier reform package he proposed for Pennsylvania, believing it was a critical piece in the effort to reform state government and restore public confidence in the government:
As I said in March 2006 when I unveiled a comprehensive government reform package that included merit selection of appellate judges, Pennsylvanians have made very clear they want to reduce the influence of money in politics. Establishing a merit selection system would squarely remove the real influence of money in our judicial elections.
We thank Governor Rendell for his continuing support of judicial selection reform.
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