A “bare majority” of the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee says it’s permissible for a judicial candidate to wear a shirt, hat, or other apparel that shows the website address maintained by the candidate’s committee which includes options to donate and to endorse the campaign.

That is, so long as the candidate does not personally solicit attorneys and others by directing them to the campaign website for the purpose of making donations and showing support.

The advisory panel acted November 30 in Opinion Number: 2023-12, noting that although it is the JEAC’s stated policy not to vet campaign literature, this question “is capable of recurring and that the answer to the question will be of interest to other candidates now and in future contests.”