Posted on 10/21/2026 1:54:16 PM PDT by Jacquerie
I will vote NO to retain.
Do not retain Judge Lewis. In 2021 he was the lone appellate judge (fortunately outvoted) to dissent in Green v. Alachua County. In other words, Judge Lewis favors medical mandates.
Judge Lewis wanted everyone to keep their masks on.
Judge Joseph Lewis, in a 15-page dissent, sharply criticized the majority decision, writing that a "person's privacy right is not absolute and is not to be considered in isolation, without regard for the circumstances under which the right is asserted."
"As the trial court aptly stated, a person's right to be let alone is no more precious than his fellow citizen's right not to become infected by him with a contagious, airborne, and potentially fatal virus," Lewis wrote. "The mask mandate is in no way an attempt by the government to control a person's body, as found by the majority. The mask mandate is not compelled medical treatment, and the wearing of facial covering does not alter one's physical person. Rather, the mask mandate is a temporary and de minimus interference with a person's public interactions in response to a global pandemic."
Get lost.
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The only one on my ballot is Carlos Muniz and he’s a keeper
How can we find out about judges in order to know whether to vote yes or no to retain them?
Florida Family Action, a conservative site, provides guidance on judges. Lewis and Roberts are no’s. Muniz is fine.
The best way I know of, is to pull up your county’s GOP site and look at the voter guide. They generally cover the judges there. You could also ask AI (SI) about specific names and see if they tell you if they’re conservative or liberal.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I spent hours researching every judge whose name appears on the ballot.
I took note on things like under which governor they were nominated, recent rulings, affiliations with either Rep or Dem parties, etc.
This is how I voted:
All “yes” except
“No”: Clay Roberts and Joseph Lewis
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