[EL] North Caroline judicial candidates -- party labels

[JBoppjr at aol.com]

As I understand the situation, the Democrats is North Caroline were just  
peachy with judicial candidates running as a Democrat or a Republican, until  
Republicans started winning these races.  As a result, they got  
good-governmentitis and changed the process so that judicial  candidates ran without 
party labels.  Republican objected then and  wanted to return to party labels 
when they got a chance. 
 
Of course, there are perfectly good democratic reasons to support partisan  
elections for judges as well. Parties provide a natural support system for  
candidates so that you don't have to be wealth and well connected to run 
for  judicial office and party labels give the voters general information 
about the  judicial philosophy of the judicial candidate.
 
So this had nothing to do with race and to just casually throw out a racist 
 charge with zero proof is irresponsible.  Jim Bopp
 
 
In a message dated 3/24/2017 1:04:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:

 

No proof. These are thoughts some have shared with me. 
 
 
 

Rick Hasen
Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse  typos.


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Subject: Re: North Caroline judicial candidates -- party  labels
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Rick, what is your proof for this scurrilous charge.  Jim
 
 
In a message dated 3/24/2017 11:04:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
_rhasen at law.uci.edu_ (mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu)  writes:

 
 
My comment. 

Rick Hasen
Sent from my iPhone. Please  excuse typos.




 
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Sent:  Friday, March 24, 2017 9:42:27 AM
To: Rick Hasen; _law-election at uci.edu_ (mailto:law-election at uci.edu) 
Subject:  North Caroline judicial candidates -- party labels  


 
Is this a statement from the BNA article or is a comment by Prof  Hasen?
 
As I understand it, the impetus for  this bill was the election of a 
Democratic state Supreme Court Justice with  a “white” sounding name and no party 
label.
 
Jim Bopp
 
 
In a message dated 3/23/2017 10:24:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
_rhasen at law.uci.edu_ (mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu)  writes:

_“Party Labels Back for North  Carolina Judges”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=91776)  
Posted on _March 23, 2017 6:31  pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=91776)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
_Bloomberg  BNA:_ 
(http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=107884942&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0m1b5h4x8&split=0)  
Starting next year,  ballots listing candidates for North Carolina’s 
superior and district  courts will once again include their party affiliations. 
Both the state House  and Senate garnered enough votes to override Gov. Roy 
Cooper’s (D) March  16 veto of _H.B. 100_ (http://src.bna.com/m3W) . Both 
votes were  largely along party lines, with Republicans generally supporting 
the  override and Democrats voting against it. 
As I understand it, the  impetus for this bill was the election of a 
Democratic state Supreme Court  Justice with a “white” sounding name and no party 
label. 
 
(https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=91776&title=“Party%20Labels%20Back%20for%20North%20Carolina%20Judges”)  
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