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Judicial evaluation commission to expand survey pools and launch judge portal amid concerns about retirements before retention votes
Summary
JPEC Executive Director Mary Margaret Pingree told the subcommittee JPEC will pilot surveys of self-represented litigants and trial judges, create an interactive judge portal for reports, and work to make evaluation data more differentiating for voters; members raised concerns about judges retiring before retention ballots, which can remove unfavorable evaluations from public record.
Mary Margaret Pingree, executive director of the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC), briefed the subcommittee about ongoing efforts to improve the judicial-evaluation process ahead of 2026 retention ballots. She said JPEC is evaluating 139 judges this cycle (109 full-time judges; 58 on the ballot, 81 midterm evaluations) and that last fall JPEC received roughly 11,000 survey responses (about 45%…
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