Most Anchorage residents have limited knowledge of the conduct and evaluation of the judges that will appear on the ballot this November. The Anchorage court itself is rather large, and most residents do not personally know the judges if they have not had to appear before a member of the court. As a former public member of the Alaska Judicial Council, I had been involved in the rigorous screening and evaluation of each judge appointed during my six-year term and know how to access some data and evaluation of the judges currently up for retention.