The race Md. voters don’t pay much attention to — and why they should

It’s election season in Maryland and voters are getting barraged with ads about the various congressional races, and, if they’re really engaged, local school board and other races, too.

Judicial races, however, rarely make news and don’t get much attention. Leaders in Prince George’s County say that’s starting to become a problem.

Most of the time, judges go through what they’ll describe as a rigorous and transparent vetting process. It starts with a 40-page application that looks at an applicant’s background...