Here's Why to Vote for Jules

The campaign to elect Jules Mermelstein to the Pennsylvania Superior Court is thrilled to announce that thanks to the efforts of volunteers across 44 counties, he will be on the ballot for the November 7, Pennsylvania General Election.

More than 4,300 Pennsylvania voters submitted their signatures for the campaign to nominate Jules for Judge. On Friday, July 28, nearly double the signatures needed to place Jules Mermelstein on the ballot were submitted. None were challenged over the following days.

Jules Mermelstein for Judge of PA Superior Court
http://www.mermelstein4judge.org/

News Release
Monday, August 14, 2017

For more information please contact
Julia Scavicchio, 484-954-0483
[email protected]

Mermelstein has worked as an attorney, and both as a high school and college government teacher. He spent more than two decades teaching Sunday school to teens and was elected five terms as a township official. Mermelstein has never had a single ethics complaint made against him. In fact, in two of Mermelstein's bids for Upper Dublin Township Commissioner, he was endorsed by both major parties. Now, as a Green Party candidate, Mermelstein believes he will bring much-needed nonpartisan integrity to a judicial system that has been plagued by corruption.

Recently, Mermelstein was proud to appear at a candidate press conference for the Annual National Meeting of the Green Party of the United States, where he described his thoughts on injustices throughout Pennsylvania that have left voters seeking third party options. The issues he focused on include corruption in Pennsylvania courts and the constitutional right to have clean air and water.

"As a former criminal defense attorney,” Mermelstein told Green Party members from around the U.S., “I am fully aware of the racism inherent in that system. I actually argued a case once to a judge that the commonwealth hadn't proven my client guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and his response from the bench in open court was, 'The fact that your client's black makes it worse.' I took that appeal actually to the court I'm running for and got an order for a new trial before a different judge."

Mermelstein continued, "Pennsylvanians are lucky in that we have a constitutional right to a clean environment. Article 1, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution states that we're entitled to clean air and pure water... Our state Supreme Court has repeatedly slapped down administrations -- both Republican and Democrat -- who have tried to cozy up to the fracking industry. This has not stopped that activity. We need judges throughout the system to recognize people's right to a clean environment."

The Jules for Judge Campaign has volunteers -- Green and all others welcome -- canvassing in towns across the state, and Mermelstein himself has been traveling tirelessly since his candidacy was announced. Be sure to check the campaign calendar to see when Mermelstein will be in your region and don't forget to mark your calendars to vote November 7 and elect Jules Mermelstein as Superior Court Judge!

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