Voters need more information to judge judges.

Complaints regarding Maryland's system of contested judicial elections are not uncommon. — Gene Sweeney Jr / Baltimore Sun
Complaints regarding Maryland’s system of contested judicial elections are not uncommon. It allows, for example, outside candidates who are not vetted by the gubernatorial appointment process. How can voters determine whether sitting judges should lose their seats? File.

PUBLISHED: September 7, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

I suggest that The Baltimore Sun do its readers a great service and develop a system to enable readers to evaluate the judicial candidates in the next election. There seems to be no information on the qualifications and performance of judges. All we know is to which party the judge is aligned. There is not much information to evaluate the candidates (“Baltimore County judges face challenger in unusually contentious race,” May 12).

Maybe you could get one of the Baltimore-based law schools to develop a matrix to evaluate candidates. Then voters could decide on the best candidates. Seems to me that this is an action a responsible newspaper would undertake.

— John Berwind, Baltimore

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