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Perspectives: Merit Retention

Published June 14, 2012 at 1:05 PM EDT

Besides all those federal, state and local political races this year, Florida voters will also determine the fate of three state supreme court justices and a multitude of appeal court judges. Those are called “merit retention” votes and we get an explanation of what that means from the outgoing and incoming presidents of the Florida Bar, Scott Hawkins and Gwynne Young.