The Vote’s in YOUR COURT

The Vote’s in Your Court is a resource for voters regarding judges and judicial elections. It includes the “Guide for Florida Voters,” an easy-to-read, nonpartisan brochure about the courts, the role of judges and the merit retention process.

Visit the Florida Division of Elections website or call 1-866-308-6739 for more information. You can also send an email.

Election dates for 2024 are:

• Presidential Preference Primary Election: March 19
• Primary Election: August 20
• General Election: November 5

The materials below were for the 2022 election.

Guide for Florida Voters

The Guide for Florida Voters (Una Guía Para Los Votantes De Le Florida) answers questions such as:

• What is the difference between a county and circuit court judge and an appellate judge?
• Why is it important to vote in judicial elections and merit retention elections?
• What exactly does a judge do?

Printed guides available in both English and Spanish are distributed to supervisors of elections offices and public libraries across the state.

Merit Retention Biographies

Every two years, The Florida Bar provides biographies of DCA judges and Florida Supreme Court justices in merit retention elections. Click on the map to see which counties are in which districts.

Florida Bar Merit Retention Poll

Every two years, the Florida Bar’s Constitutional Judiciary Committee oversees a statewide merit retention poll that asks in-state Florida Bar members to rate judges and justices who are up for retention votes and of whom they have direct knowledge. The poll results may be useful to Florida voters.

The merit retention poll for the 2022 election cycle went to active Florida Bar members located in-state in August. Results were distributed in September.

View 2022 poll results