Yanks elect police officers and judges. They also allow corporations to openly bribe politicians and call it lobbying. Somehow, those “corruption index” reports always say the US is clean.
Police officers don’t get elected, but the sheriffs do. I think this is mostly a holdover from when the only real law within a hundred miles of a town was the sheriff.
I do agree that electing judges is odd. My state doesn’t even allow us to vote on electing them anymore, but just on retaining them in office. I’ve always voted “No” just because I don’t think it’s appropriate.
Now if you want to get really weird, most areas also elect their coroner and there usually is no skill or education requirement to be elected.
Yanks elect police officers and judges. They also allow corporations to openly bribe politicians and call it lobbying. Somehow, those “corruption index” reports always say the US is clean.
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Haha yup, the sepo take on how they do everything like that boggles my mind.
Police officers don’t get elected, but the sheriffs do. I think this is mostly a holdover from when the only real law within a hundred miles of a town was the sheriff.
I do agree that electing judges is odd. My state doesn’t even allow us to vote on electing them anymore, but just on retaining them in office. I’ve always voted “No” just because I don’t think it’s appropriate.
Now if you want to get really weird, most areas also elect their coroner and there usually is no skill or education requirement to be elected.
Just make corruption legal … see? no corruption, problem solved!
and you’re saying this doesn’t happen in other countries? lmao