The answer is simple.  As long as Pennsylvania continues to elect judges, it is part of PMC’s mission to educate voters and provide resources that assist them in making decisions during judicial elections.  We sponsor candidate debates; publish lists of questions for voters to consider and identify resources that can provide answers; and participate in other programs aimed at educating voters.

We hope that by doing so, we help voters feel more prepared to make critical decisions about who should serve on our courts.  In addition, we believe that as voters learn more about the process, they will come to realize that electing appellate judges in partisan contests just doesn’t make sense.

We hope you will join us tomorrow at noon at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law for the debate between candidates Jack Panella and Joan Orie Melvin.  More information is available here.  For those who can’t join us in person, PCN (the Pennsylvania Cable Network) will be airing the debate repeatedly in advance of the election.  The schedule includes the following airtimes: Sunday Oct. 25 at 4:00 pm; Monday Oct. 26 at 10:00 pm; Thursday Oct. 29 at 10:00 pm; Sunday Nov. 1 at 3:00 pm; and Monday Nov. 2 at 4:00 pm.