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2016 Florida Supreme Court

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Of all the branches of government, the judicial branch has done the most damage to the constitution, life, and the rule of law. In Florida though, voters have the right to kick judicial activists out of office when their retention vote comes up. We also vote for judges at the county and circuit level.

Many of you have asked for judicial election and retention recommendations. I have great news for you! They are now available to view below.

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Florida Votes Values Judicial Retention Voter Guide

Florida Supreme Court Retention Voter Guide 2022

Shall Justice Carlos Muñiz of the Florida Supreme Court be retained for office?
Florida Supreme Court JudgeRetain or Not Retain?
Charles T. CanadyYes
John D. CourielYes
Jamie GrosshansYes
Jorge LabargaNo
Ricky PolstonYes

1st District Court of Appeal Judicial Retention Voter Guide 2022

Shall Judge ___________________________ of the 1st District Court of Appeal be retained for office?
1st District Court of Appeal Judicial Retention VoteRetain or Not Retain?
Ross L. BilbreyYes
Susan L. KelseyYes
Robert E. Long, JrYes
Lori S. RoweYes
Bo WinokurYes

2nd District Court of Appeal Judicial Retention Voter Guide 2022

Shall Judge ___________________________ of the 2nd District Court of Appeal be retained for office?
2nd District Court of Appeal Judicial Retention VoteRetain or Not Retain?
Patricia J. KellyNo
Nelly KhouzamYes
Suzanne Y. LabritYes
Matt C. LucasYes
Robert J. Morris, Jr.No
Stevan J. NorthcuttYes
John K. StargelYes
Craig C. VillantiYes

3rd District Court of Appeal Judicial Retention Voter Guide 2022

Shall Judge ___________________________ of the 3rd District Court of Appeal be retained for office?
3rd District Court of Appeal Judicial Retention VoteRetain or Not Retain?
Alexander S. BokorYes
Edwin A. Scales, IIIYes

4th District Court of Appeal Judicial Retention Voter Guide 2022

Shall Judge ___________________________ of the 4th District Court of Appeal be retained for office?
4th District Court of Appeal Judicial Retention VoteRetain or Not Retain?
Edward ArtauYes
Cory CiklinNo
Dorian DamoorgianYes
Jonathan D. GerberYes
Robert GrossNo
Spencer D. LevineYes
Melanie MayYes

5th District Court of Appeal Judicial Retention Voter Guide 2022

Shall Judge ___________________________ of the 5th District Court of Appeal be retained for office?
5th District Court of Appeal Judicial Retention VoteRetain or Not Retain?
Jay CohenYes
James A. EdwardsYes
Brian D. LambertYes
Mary Alice NardellaYes
Daniel TraverYes
Carrie Ann WozniakYes
FL Votes Values Judicial Voter Guide
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    • Digitialshadow on August 30, 2016 at 9:39 am
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    The Family Policy Council Judicial Voter Guide is useless and really should not be referred to as a guide at all. It is merely a collection of links to the candidate’s 100-word-or-less filing, a link to the candidate’s website, or both. Is that really what passes for a guide these days? When trying to determine which elected judges embody similar values, virtues, and, above all, morals, that hold in esteem, I expect a guide to provide more information than what this “guide” provided. Please try to provide useful information in the future or refrain from publishing this guide at all.

      • Dianne on October 22, 2016 at 6:32 pm
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      I understand your frustrations! I don’t know if it’s totally non-partisan, but you can try the Be Ready to Vote guide and you can also go through the long pain-staking job of looking through their rulings on the court website as I did.

      • Mic on October 30, 2018 at 6:12 am
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      Please disregard the selfish criticism by Digitalshadow of the Family Policy Council Judicial Voter Guide. Just because it does not serve him (or her), should not be an indication of its usefulness for other folks. I have used this guide for years now and appreciate all the effort put into it. As indicated elsewhere, it is still the most comprehensive voting guide that I have come across, especially the judicial voting guides.

    1. We do have judicial retention recommendations, and in select races where we have enough information to make an accurate recommendation, we have recommended which judicial candidate to voter for.

    • Babs on October 9, 2016 at 8:08 am
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    I agree..we the people need to know each Judicial platform just because they are suppose to be non partisan doesn’t mean they are look at the Supreme Court of these supposed United States…I personally want to know their agenda!

    • Alton Martin on October 24, 2016 at 6:58 am
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    Well I always vote them out to be sure none are put in that are bad.

    1. Some of the judges are good and should be retained. Please check our new judicial retention recommendations: http://www.flvotesvalues.com/2016/10/24/2016-florida-supreme-court-and-1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th-district-court-of-appeals-judges-up-for-retention/.

      • Susan on October 26, 2018 at 1:55 pm
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      That’s funny. It is like firing all your employees every year because you have no idea if they are good workers or not.

    2. Alton,
      If you vote them all out, you will be voting out some good judges. Depending on who wins the governor’s race, that could be detrimental.

    • Nadine on October 29, 2016 at 2:47 pm
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    Judge Nelly Khouzam is pro-life. All of her decisions have been pro-life. Your recommendation to retain her needs to be changed to a YES. Bill Bunkley from the religious radio station 570 realized that he had made an error by not recommending her when he noticed that information from another judge was incorrectly placed in her file. When he realized that error, his recommendation is now to vote YES to retain Judge Nelly Khouzam, she is
    PRO-LIFE, Florida needs more judges like her.

    • JAMES A HAMMERS on October 3, 2018 at 4:49 pm
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    THIS WHOLE REPUBLICAN VOTER GUIDE THING IS REALLY ALL SCREWED UP!… I SEE NOTHING CONCERNING SHOULD SO-IN -SO JUSTICE,….. BE ALLOWED TO BE RETIANED TO OFFICE…. THERE IS NO OVER VIEW OF ANY OF THE CANADITIES LISTED TOGETHER COMPARING THEMSELVES AGAINST EACH OTHER!……NO WONDER WHY BROWARD COUNTY IS GOING ALL TO THE LEFT-WING-HOMO DEMOCRATS !

    1. Our voter guide is not a Republican voter guide. For our local voter guides, we did invite all candidates to participate. It is true that many of the Democrats don’t bother Responding.
      Our Judicial Voter Guide now has been updated to include judicial retention recommendations. These recommendations have been made after carefully reviewing their decisions in the cases that have come before them.

      • Molly on October 23, 2018 at 2:48 pm
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      See who appointed the judges. A Republican or Democrat.

      1. Our recommendations are better than that. Our recommendations are based on research from attorneys who track every decision of these judges.

    • Beavis on October 9, 2018 at 4:44 pm
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    I just wanted to thank you for this guide, it’s so hard to find good information on where judges stand on the issues and I wanted to make sure I voted against all of them who abuse their position to try to shove their religion down my throat. This was very helpful in identifying which ones those are. I’ve bookmarked you for future reference.

    1. You’re welcome.

    • Bill Taylor 4th on October 21, 2018 at 8:31 am
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    4th district Kuntz and Taylor are both yes and no. Which is it.?

    1. Our recommendations for the 4th District Court of Appeals for 2018 is as follows:
      Burton C. Conner – Yes
      Jeffrey T. Kuntz – Yes
      Carole Y. Taylor – No

    • Margaret Sandman on October 21, 2018 at 2:03 pm
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    This is most helpful, even to get a view other than the MSM. Finding enough information on judges is exasperating and I rely on who supports them and miscellaneous information to decide. Thank you so much for another view.

    1. You’re welcome.

    • Cliff on October 23, 2018 at 3:41 pm
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    Amendment #11 would allow illegals to own real estate in our country. Why would any American citizen ever endorse this?
    This recommendation needs to be changer to NO!

    1. The FL Constitution has a provision that prohibits any non-citizen, legal or illegal from owning land. Courts have found similar provisions in other states to be unconstitutional which is why the current amendment isn’t enforced. While we do support prosecuting illegal immigrants, we do not agree with prohibiting legal, non-citizens from owning property.

    • VotedToday on November 1, 2018 at 10:19 pm
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    Thank you for your list of recommendations! It made it very easy to vote opposite all of them. 😀

    • Zane Overstreet on November 3, 2018 at 1:17 am
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    After searching for judge info for hours this is the best / only thing I can find to even try to say which judges are good or bad except for NRA picks.

    Problem is aside from being religious so I assume you are prolife I have no clue how you picked your yes’s and no’s.

    What did you use to choose and how did they vote on issues like gun control?

    1. Our recommendations are based on consultation with attorneys who track every decision of every judge. These attorneys are looking for whether the judges adjudicate cases based on what the constitution and laws actually say or whether they base their decisions on a living breathing constitution whose meaning changes over time. Even worse, some judges have cited foreign decisions in their rulings. Judges who believe the constitution should be interpreted as written are known as constructionists. Judges who believe the constitution is a living, breathing document are activist judges that often legislate from the bench.

    • Terence Del Castillo on November 4, 2018 at 11:55 am
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    JAMES A HAMMERS – Your comment ends with a very HATEFUL line! Why do you have to be HATEFUL of others? Your entire post becomes IRRELEVANT when your true AGENDA is revealed. I could call you all kinds of names here, but I am sick and tired of people resorting to that. Have a GREAT DAY!

    • Eddie on November 5, 2018 at 3:40 pm
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    Thank you for providing this guide. Do you have a recommendation between Vivianne del Rio and Renee Gordon for the 11th Judicial circuit court?

    • Y’all on November 5, 2018 at 7:22 pm
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    Thank You for answering!
    The last comment is typical of people who call everyone else who do not agree with them hypocritical, bigoted and narrow minded WOW – wonder what they see when they look in the mirror? I read something that said – after they look in a mirror they walk away and forget what they saw.

    • Hall on November 5, 2018 at 8:16 pm
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    For clarification- Pastor your reply’s in the above comments- how can anyone say they are hateful – it seems people try all kinds of ways especially calling people names like Hate or Hateful to shut others up. My suggestion is ignore those kind of comments which in themselves seem hateful. Again everyone one of us looks in a mirror, everyone has the ability to do good and evil including speaking. Its only by HIS GRACE that we breath and will one day all will stand before The LORD one day.

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