Since the judges elected have the power to directly interpret and shape the laws we live under, few elections are more important.
None requires the average voter to choose more blindly.
So are we. Until Pennsylvania decides to use a better system, we need all the help we can get, so here's the best of our 2001 election scrapbook. The seven appellate court seats to be filled in the 2001 election are listed on our mandatory retirement schedule for Pennsylvania appellate courts . If you are interested in candidate ratings, you may want to check out the Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Commission , or the Philadelphia Bar Association's Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention's ratings . The Committee of Seventy is Philadelphia's election and government watchdog and voters' resource.