Three state Supreme Court justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht offered a glimpse behind their chambers doors Monday, September 8, 2025 as they seek voters’ approval in November to serve second terms. Judges in Pennsylvania are elected to 10-year terms in partisan elections. Once in office, however, they stand for retention in “yes” or “no” referenda to serve subsequent terms.

The event, Behind the Ballot Fireside Chat: PA Supreme Court Retention Elections was co-sponsored by the court access group Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, the government watchdog Committee of Seventy and the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters.

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“The mission of the League of Women Voters is Empower Voters and Defend our Democracy”. For over a century, the heart and soul of our work has been centering voters' voices in democracy. We’ve participated in many of our nation’s most pivotal voting rights battles, from women’s suffrage to the Equal Rights Amendment to the passage of the National Voter RegistrationAct (NVRA)and the Help America VoteAct (HAVA). As democracy turns another corner, we are strengthening our campaign: Women Defend Democracy.

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