Press Release
New Website Allows Voters to Learn About Indiana Supreme Court and Appellate Judges Who Are Up for Retention
October 6, 2008

Voters can surf the web to learn about judges who are on the retention ballot in November.  A new website has been created to help voters make informed decisions.  The site is designed to give voters access to biographical information about the judges and details about the decisions they have made while serving on the bench.

The website was developed after Senate President Pro Tempore David Long urged the judiciary to provide more information about the retention election to voters.  Court of Appeals Judges Terry Crone and Cale Bradford (who are not on the November ballot) coordinated the website creation.  The Indiana Division of State Court Administration provided technical support.

The website is designed to be user-friendly with a number of ways for voters to learn about judges.  Visitors to the site can watch appellate cases unfold first-hand.  Video of oral arguments are webcast live and later archived.  The retention website allows voters to watch those arguments.   Voters can also search a database of judicial opinions.  Opinions are the written decisions of a case.  With the new website, voters will be able to read opinions written by judges on the retention ballot.