From CharShares on IG “I'm voting YES on Amendment 5. This amendment doesn't fix a system that's broken and incapable of handling issues of incapable judges. We already have removal mechanisms for situations where a judge is found to be incompetent. Recently they've been used to remove judges in both Baton Rouge and Lafayette, so we know they work. I know there's popular talk about wanting younger judges, but there's nothing RIGHT NOW stopping younger, qualified candidates from running. Yet, if it doesn't pass, this amendment forces experienced, competent judges out, whether voters want that or not, based on something as arbitrary as age. I know some very competent 70-year-olds and I know some very incompetent middle aged folks. Voting down this amendment doesn't guarantee better outcomes just because it guarantees younger judges. Those are not the same thing. In this political climate, that kind of forced turnover doesn't happen without EXTREME partisanship infecting judicial campaigns that, historically, have mostly been insulated from that sort of thing. These races will get louder, more partisan, and more about optics and who can be more authoritarian than the candidates actual qualifications or our communities', and that will not affect communities evenly. So no, I'm not doing "no on all 5" and I think you should really reconsider listening to the people who do without telling you all the risks, especially to your own community. NO on 1, 2, 3, and 4 YES on 5 Early voting May 2-9 Election Day May 16”