Charles Boteler

Charles Boteler is a retired Hopkins Circuit Court judge and chair of the Kentucky Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee, a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan group organized 20 years ago to safeguard the integrity of the judiciary in Kentucky judicial elections.

Commentary: Keep Kentucky judges judging and leave politics to politicians

A provision in House Bill 534 would invite judicial candidates to disclose their political party affiliation and their current and past voter registration, including “communicating political values or viewpoints consistent with his or her party affiliation.”

By Charles Boteler