Brooklyn Democrat party leaders are expecting a higher voter turnout this year due to the U.S. presidential candidacy of vice president Kamala Harris.
Democratic Party leaders in Brooklyn hosted the 2024 Supreme Court Judicial Candidate Forum this week, where judicial candidates introduced themselves and answered questions from the audience.
A hodgepodge of sitting civil and acting Supreme Court judges are vying to fill seven available Kings County Supreme Court seats.
“We know just how important judges are both on the federal and local level,” Brooklyn Democratic District Leader Josue Pierre said at the start of the meeting.
“A lot of folks in our communities very often don’t get to meet the judge until something happens. We, at the Shirley Chisholm Democratic Club, as well as our fellow district leaders and elected officials, want to be clear to the community that judges are civil servants as well.”
The audience attending the virtual forum moderated by Pierre reached nearly 100 during the two-hour meeting.
Party leaders are expecting a higher voter turnout this November due to the entry of Vice President Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate.
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