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As regular readers know, we try to bring you stories about Merit Selection from all over.  Today, we want to share a letter to the editor of the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa.  Chad Cox wrote in to praise the Merit Selection system.  His key point:

In Iowa, any applicant with superior professional qualifications will get consideration, regardless of political involvement or connections. These applicants need not raise funds, advertise or make campaign promises, all of which can compromise judicial independence and thereby erode public confidence in the judiciary.

The letter concludes with this thought: “Iowans can and should take pride in our system of merit selection.” We don’t think Pennsylvanians have the same pride in our judicial election system.  It’s time for a change.

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