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West Virginia Mulls Switch to 'Nonpartisan' Judge Elections

Southeast News • December 2, 2008
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin may ask the Legislature next year to end West Virginia's practice of electing its judiciary along partisan political lines, at least for the state's circuit court ...

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Subject: nonpartisan elections

Posted On: December 2, 2008, 12:03 pm CST
Posted By: Ratemaker
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While I firmly believe that judicial elections should be on a non-partisan ballot, it's not as nonpartisan in practice as it is in theory.

Michigan has had nonpartisan judicial elections for some time, but it doesn't take rocket science to figure out which party the judge candidate is affiliated with.
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Dec 2, 2008, 12:03 pm
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