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What's the purpose of a judicial retention election?

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River to River, hosted by Ben Kieffer

On the back of this year’s ballot will be a chance to vote on the retention of Iowa Supreme Court Justice David May. He was recently part of the decision to make Iowa’s abortion laws one of the most restrictive in the country. On this episode of River to River, Iowans discuss the arguments for and against his retention and what a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ vote means in a retention election.

Guests:

  • Scott Peters, professor and department head, UNI department of political science
  • Guy R. Cook, double board certified trial lawyer, past president of the Iowa State Bar Association
  • Rekha Basu, author of Finding Her Voice and former Des Moines Register columnist
Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River
Caitlin Troutman is a talk show producer at Iowa Public Radio