CHESTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS Get a palm card from a Democratic Committee volunteer for who to vote for today. Common Pleas Court judges are complicated. Republicans are also on the Democratic ballot. NO, NO, YES, YES on ballot questions.

 Excerpt from Dick Bingham’s letter:

“The main risk we face this year is in those races that permit cross-filing: Court of Common Pleas, Magisterial District Judges and School Boards.  In each of those races there may be Republicans who have cross-filed onto the Democratic ballot.  We need to make sure our Democratic voters know who those cross-filled Republicans are and to discourage any vote for them.

 

The simplest, most effective way to show who the cross-filed Republicans are is on our sample ballots.  We need to use our sample ballots to show who we recommend, who our endorsed candidates are, and we need to show who does not deserve a single vote from a Democrat.

 

I will use the Court of Common Pleas race as an example.  There are two Republicans on our ballot – PJ Redmond in ballot position #1 and Lou Mincarelli in ballot position #5.  Despite what their campaign literature has attempted to say, both are long term, hard core Republicans.  Please make sure our voters are not fooled.

 

The Court of Common Pleas is a ‘vote for up to two’ race.  Our endorsed candidate is Alita Rovito in ballot position #3.  The two other Democrats in the race to choose from are Tony Verwey and Carlos Barraza.

 

Similarly, the races for Magisterial District Judge and School Board Director may have cross-filed Republicans on our ballot.  Make sure your voters know who the non-Democrats are.

Finally, you should be reminding people to vote on the questions on the back of the ballot.  There are three constitutional amendment questions and one referendum.  Our recommendations are NO, NO, YES, YES.  We recommend a NO on the two constitutional amendments aimed at limiting a governor's authority to declare states of emergency, YES on the constitutional amendment declaring equal rights for all and YES on the referendum on the funding of emergency services

Sincerely,

Dick Bingham

Chair, Chester County Democratic Committee"

Alita Rovito for Common Pleas Court is endorsed by the Chester County Democratic Committee

I know & worked with Tony Verwey. Carlos Barraza is good too. 

FROM Chester County Democratic Committee

Alita Rovito (endorsed by CCDC)   

Alita Rovito believes that a good judge must possess impeccable personal integrity, a love of service, and the experience and compassion to apply the law with fairness and respect. Alita has 33 years legal expertise serving the citizens of Chester County. She is the only candidate for Judge on the Court of Common Pleas with 15 years of judicial experience as a hearing officer in the Family Court Masters Unit. She has served as an educator for other attorneys through continuing legal education, as a Mock Trial coach for high school and college students, as a Moot Court judge for college students, as a leader for the Girl Scouts, as a board member for the Crime Victims Center, and as a volunteer for the Access to Justice Program. Alita is a graduate of Penn State University and Dickinson School of Law. She served as an Assistant District Attorney in Chester County and was the first managing attorney of the Chester County’s Child Abuse Unit. She is the founding member of Rovito Law LLC, where she represents men and women in all aspects of family law. She has served as an advocate, mediator, and private arbitrator. Alita’s experience, both personal and professional, makes her uniquely qualified to be a compassionate and fair Judge on the Court of Common Pleas.

Alita Rovito’s web site, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. See her 5:01-minute video here.

Carlos Barraza   

 

Carlos is a career public servant who will bring to the Court of Common Pleas his dedication, experience, and integrity, and his unique perspective for protecting the most vulnerable members of our society, fighting for those who have no champion and bringing justice to those who have been denied it. His experience as a prosecutor over the past 18 years includes handling cases from DUI cases to domestic violence to sexual assault to murder. He has prosecuted over 20 homicide cases and served as lead counsel in over 80 jury trials, 15 bench trials and thousands of other matters. He has been recognized with such prestigious awards as the Prosecutor of the Year and earned promotions from Assistant District Attorney to Deputy District Attorney to now Senior Deputy District Attorney. Since 2013, he has trained all new Assistant District Attorneys. He also has extensive experience using computer forensic techniques to retrieve, analyze and utilize electronic data in investigations and prosecutions. He graduated from the University of Connecticut and University of Wisconsin Law School. A native Spanish speaker born in Mexico, he became a US citizen in 2011 and lives in Kennett Square.

Carlos Barraza’s Web site, Facebook. See his 5:42-minute video here.

 

Tony Verwey 

Tony has over 30 years of diverse legal experience and a proven track record of public service. Since 2017 at Gawthrop Greenwood in West Chester, he has worked with elected officials at the county and municipal level, appointed boards and commissions, and private clients on a wide range of legal matters including government, ethics, taxation, prevailing wage, education law, real estate development, zoning and land use. In 2006-2017 he was at Unruh, Turner, Burke and Frees, and in 2004-2006 was sole proprietor of a law practice representing clients in a variety of matters including legal ethics, professional discipline defense, litigation and wills and estates. In 1993-2004, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, District II, he directed investigations of alleged attorney misconduct. He received his J.D., 1989, from Widener University School of Law after graduating in 1986 from Penn State University. He has made many professional presentations and most recently earned recognition as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer – 2020 (Land Use/Zoning) and as a Main Line Today – 2020 Top Lawyer (Municipal Law).

Tony Verwey’s Facebook. See his 5:41-minute video here.