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Here is Jason Riley's story in the Courier-Journal regarding the recent Jefferson County Judicial poll conducted among the members of the Louisville Bar Association.  Although the headline focuses on the Supreme Court race, please note that this race will not be on the May ballot.  However, the poll addresses a Jefferson Circuit Court and a District Court race with both on the May ballot.

Here is our earlier post announcing the results and linking to the actual results as published by the JEFFERSON COURTS: 2008 Judcial Candidates Survey by Louisville Bar Association

Supreme Court hopefuls praised
In what is expected to be a tight race for the Supreme Court seat that opened up after the death of William E. McAnulty Jr., his appointed replacement Lisabeth Hughes Abramson and Chief Circuit Court Judge James Shake both recently received high marks from local attorneys.

I am not going to plow old ground regarding the statistical problems with these numbers as the percentages are quite confusing and provide little help to the voters.  However, here are links to my earlier comments on earlier polls.

• 2006: Opinions: "Judicial poll 'misleading'" (Courier-Journal Readers Forum
• 2005: Judicial Elections: Jefferson County's Judicial Evaluations Poll. Do the numbers add up?