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Holly Richardson: Vote no to retain Judge Christine Johnson for a ‘concerning pattern of leniency on abusers’

“Shall (blank) be retained in the office of Judge of the District Court of (blank).”

Every Utah ballot this year asks that question, and for many (most? all?) voters, the answer is “How am I supposed to know?” That’s a good question and one that can be hard to answer.

You can take the approach that some do and vote no on all judges, or the opposite and vote yes on all judges, but the problem with that, of course, is that not all judges were created equal.

Good judges make some bad decisions and bad judges sometimes make good decisions.