Hand of a person casting a ballot at a polling station during voting. (Credit: Alexandru Nika/Shutterstock.com) From Thomas to Tomás: Are South Florida Candidates for Judge Changing Their Names to Win Hispanic Votes?
"The reason people play the 'name game' in popular elections is because it works," said Scott Fingerhut, a judicial ethics expert at Florida International University College of Law. "Not always, but often enough. And often to unseat qualified judges."
May 06, 2022 at 11:08 AM
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Analysis
Cuban American Bar Association vice president Javier Ley-Soto posed a question at the Judicial Candidate Town Hall about an alleged decades-old campaign tactic—aspiring state judges and incumbents altering their last names prior to an election to appear more attractive to a dominant segment of the South Florida electorate.
Miami-Dade Circuit courthouse. (Credit: Raychel Lean/ALM) In response, Miami-Dade County Court Judge Jeffrey M. Kolokoff and his County Court Group 19 challenger, Lissette De La Rosa, a solo practitioner based in Sunrise, criticized candidate Teressa Maria Cervera, a solo practitioner based in Miami.
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