The following are 24 short letters to the editor prepared by volunteers of the Wersal For Justice
campaign. These letters represent the personal opinions of the volunteers, not the opinions of Greg
Wersal or of the Wersal for Justice campaign committee. These letters to the editor appear in no
specific order. If you wish to modify them to reflect
your opinions, please do.

1. Imagine you had an election and forbid the candidates to speak!
That is what judicial elections were like until recently. We have
attorney Greg Wersal to thank for the change. Greg Wersal is a
candidate for the Minnesota Supreme Court. He fought all the way to
the U.S. Supreme Court and won so that judicial candidates can run for
office like any other office. Minnesotans owe Greg Wersal a debt of
gratitude and our votes this Nov.2.

2. Judges should follow the Constitution. The Minnesota Supreme
Court has not been following the Constitution. There are now two
separate cases deciding 5 separate issues where the Minnesota
Supreme Court has violated the constitutional rights of every
Minnesota to free open elections. That is why this year I’m voting for
judicial candidates Greg Wersal, Tim Tingelstad and Dan Griffith. And
that is why this year I’m voting against the incumbent judges.

3. If you think judges should be accountable to the public – then you
need to know that the incumbent judges on our state Supreme Court
and court of Appeals don’t agree. They are in favor of a system where
all the judges would be appointed and unaccountable rather than
elected. This year, I’m voting for accountability and against the
incumbent judges.

4. Never, ever, give up your right to vote. I was appalled to learn that
a group is asking the Legislature to take away our right to vote for
judges. Supporters of this idea are Alan Page, Helen Meyer, and Larry
Stauber. These people are judges on our Minnesota Supreme Court
and Court off Appeals who are up for election this November. Because
they do not believe in my right to vote, I’m not going to vote for them.
I encourage you to vote against them as well. And if you cannot
remember their names just look for the word “Incumbent” on the ballot
– that word will be next to their names -- and vote against the
“incumbent “ judges.

5. I have seen the ballot for the November elections. The judge section
drives me crazy. Who are these people and why don’t I have any
information. Why don’t we see judges campaign? Do they think they
own these jobs? This year I’m going on strike. I’m voting against
every incumbent judge, unless they give me a reason to vote for them.

6. Would you vote for a judge that violated your constitutional rights?
There have now been 2 federal cases from the U.S. Supreme Court and
the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals that say that the judges of the
Minnesota Supreme Court violated the voters’ rights in Minnesota.
They created an unconstitutional election process so that the
incumbent judges always won the elections. This year I’m voting
against every incumbent judge.

7. Across Minnesota there are 108 judges up for election and 98 of
them are running with no opponent. On the other hand, there is a
judicial seat with no incumbent in Washington County and 24 lawyers
are running for this position. So lawyers will run for these positions --
they just do not want to run against the word “incumbent.” Maybe we
need to level the playing field. Either we should remove the word
“incumbent” from the ballot, or a lot more of us need to start voting
against the ‘Incumbent.”

8. It has been over 50 years since an incumbent judge on the
Minnesota Supreme Court actually lost an election. This year two
excellent candidates are running for the Minnesota Supreme Court:
Greg Wersal and Tim Tinglestad. They have my vote. Fifty years is
long enough.

9. How would you run for office as a candidate if you couldn’t raise
money for your campaign? Yet that is exactly what the Minnesota
Supreme Court forbids an attorney to do if he wants to run against an
incumbent judge. Attorney Greg Wersal has a lawsuit before the 8th
Circuit Court of Appeals to put an end to this unfair and outrageous
practice. This year I’m voting for Greg Wersal and against every
incumbent judge.

10. The judges in our courthouses have awesome power. They can
send you to jail, or take your children away from you. All this power
can be abused. That’s why judges should be accountable to the public
and why we need elections that work. Greg Wersal is a candidate for
the Minnesota Supreme Court. He fought for elections that work and
judicial accountability. He has my vote. For more information go to
WERSALFORJUSTICE.COM.

11. Minnesota judges and the state bar association have been pushing
a constitutional amendment through the Legislature that would take
away everyone’s right to vote for judges. They want to create a
system where all the judges would be appointed instead of elected and
then, for all practical purposes, unaccountable to the public. What
anti-democratic claptrap. I want my right to vote. This year I’m voting
against the incumbent judges and for some attorneys brave enough to
run and who believe in my right to vote: Greg Wersal, Tim Tinglestad
and Dan Griffith.

12. If I could control the election system, I’m sure I could devise a
system where I am elected “King” for life. The Minnesota Supreme
Court controlled the election system for judges in our state and
devised a system where the incumbent judges always won election
after election. Well not this year. Not my vote. Vote against the
incumbent judges.

13. Voters Beware. There are people who actually want to take away
your right to vote for judges. Among these people are the judges
themselves who have been advocating for judges to be appointed and
unaccountable, instead of elected. This year I’m going to make sure
and vote against the judges. I hope you will too.

14. A bad judge can mean you or a friend goes to jail. A bad judge
could mean that you get stuck with the bill in the dispute with your
former spouse. You never think about who the judges are until you are
standing in front of them and they have your life in their hands. When
you go to vote and see a judge is being challenged by some attorney,
this should tip you off that something is wrong. Maybe you should be
voting for that attorney instead of the judge. Or maybe if you do not
know what is wrong shouldn’t vote at all.

15. With all the judges that run for office without an opponent you
have to ask why some of them do have challengers? Greg Wersal
and Tim Tinglestad are running for the Minnesota Supreme Court and
Dan Griffith is running for the Court of Appeals. Why? Because the
incumbent judges have prevented free an open elections and now
want to create a system where all judges are appointed and
unaccountable to the voters.

16. This year don’t just vote for the “incumbent” judges on the ballot.
There are a lot of reasons to vote against the incumbent judges. If you
are not certain -- do not vote -- leave it blank. Recently there have
been elections where the “home” county voters actually voted against
their judge, but the judge won the election because voters in other
parts of the judicial district who did not know what was going on voted
for the incumbent. We need to be able to get rid of bad judges and if
you blindly vote for a judge, just because he is the incumbent, you
make it impossible. An ignorant vote is a bad vote.

17. The one thing most people do not have enough information on
when they go to vote is judges. Check out the websites of these
excellent candidates:
Greg Wersal -- WERSALFORJUSTCE.COM
Tim Tinglestad – HIGHESTHILL.COM
Dan Griffith – GRIFFITHFORJUDGE.COM

18. How do we get rid of bad judges? We vote them out of office!
That means you cannot just vote for that word “incumbent” next to a
name on the ballot. Maybe the incumbent is a bad judge and you
should vote him out of office.

19. A lot of us are angry. Government is not working: wasting money
and out of control. The same applies to our judges. When a single
judge can strike down a constitutional amendment to protect marriage
as happened in California something is wrong. I used to just vote for
the “incumbent” judges. Not this year. If a judge, or any other
candidate, does not give me a reason to vote for them, I’m voting
against them.

20. It is a civic duty to vote. But is it a civic duty to vote when you do
not know what you are voting for or against? If you don’t know who
the candidates are or what they stand for –DON’T VOTE.

21. My rights – whether to own a gun or be secure in my property –
are too important to be trusted to anyone. Good judges are crucial:
that is why I’m voting for Greg Wersal and Tim Tinglestad for the
Minnesota Supreme Court and Dan Griffith for the Court of Appeals.

22. Gun owners – Exercise your right to vote. Vote for judges who
believe in your right to own guns. Greg Wersal is a candidate for the
Minnesota Supreme Court and a member of the NRA, he needs your
vote.

23. Candidates for office who do not give us a reason to vote for them
deserve it when we vote against them. Has any judge given you a
reason to vote for them? They do not deserve your vote.

24. Do you believe in private property? Recently some judges ruled
that the government can take the private property of one person and
give it to someone else. This is an abuse of eminent domain, which
should only permit the government to take private property for a
public purpose – not give it to some developer. This year we have a
candidate for our Minnesota Supreme Court who believes in our right
to private property: Greg Wersal. He deserves our votes.