Please vote Yes for Constitutional Amendment 5 on the ballot for May 16. The amendment raises the age of retirement for Judges in Louisiana to 75 years, from the current 70-year retirement mandate. The reasons are simple.
- The voters are best suited to decide if a candidate should continue to serve.
- Experienced, highly qualified Judges are being forced into retirement.
- People are living longer productive lives and working longer.
- No other political office has a mandatory retirement age.
- By Supreme Court oversight, incompetent Judges can already be removed.
While the amendment does not put an end to what can only be called age bias, it does soften its effect. Voting Yes to raise the age is simply the right thing to do. In this election cycle alone, some 60 Judges of the approximately 360 in the State are being forced to retire. While some are doing so voluntarily, many others have an earnest desire to continue to serve the people of this great state. They should have the opportunity to do so, and it should be up to the voters to decide if they can continue, not some arbitrary age limit.
Early voting starts May 2 and ends May 9.
For more information go to http://www.yeson5for75.com
Thank you for your consideration.
Judge Van H. Kyzar
