10/13/2017

Reminder that Judicial Votes Count is a resource for both reporters and the public

Editor's Note: ONMA reminds our members to both use the Judicial Votes Count website as a resource for your reporters and to share the site with your readers. If you'd like to download a copy of the website logo to place on your own site, click here.

This year's election will determine 108 municipal judge seats across Ohio. To help both reporters and voters learn about these candidates, the Judicial Votes Count website has been updated with information on all these elections.

Voters in each of Ohio’s 88 counties can click on their county to get to know their judicial candidates, including their judicial experience and why they are running for that particular judicial seat.

Other resources on the website include:

• Voter registration information
• Videos about the different types courts in Ohio
• An explanation of why judges play an important role in our communities.

Judicial Votes Count is a nonpartisan partnership launched before the general election in November 2015, to better educate Ohioans about judges and the Ohio court system, as well as to increase voter participation in judicial elections.

Judicial Votes Count partners are Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, the Bliss Institute, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ohio News Media Association, and the Ohio Association of Broadcasters.