If Don Anderson is elected as a Superior Court judge in Lake County, he will have to recuse himself from hearing all criminal cases for a minimum of two years due to his eight-year tenure as Lake County’s district attorney. Those are the rules.

He continues to stress his experience in criminal justice, but he will not be using that experience in the near future. This will make our Lake County courts, that are already overburdened with cases, even less efficient.

I suggest voting for Shanda Harry on Nov. 6.

She has broad experience in criminal, governmental, tribal and civil law and extensive practice at superior and appellate court levels.

Her prior work as Lake County’s deputy county counsel will only require her recusal from a handful of cases.

Cindi Koehn lives in Kelseyville, Calif.