North Carolina holds a statewide election this November for Justice of the Supreme Court. There are three candidates, two Republicans and one Democrat. This Charlotte Observer article explains how a legislative change this year changed the order of the candidates in this race. The old law would have put the solitary Democrat first on the ballot. The new law, combined with a bit of bad luck in the random drawing, puts her last.
Although party labels appear on the November ballot for judicial races, there are no party nominees, which is why there are two Republicans in the race.
What percent of the voters are automatic dummies voting always for the top line candidates —
esp in Stone Age southern States ???
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The article explains why there are two Republicans on the ballot. The second Republican changed his affiliation in June before filing, and is using a political consultant usually associated with Democrats (and apparently unknown to the candidate).
In another judicial race, a Democratic judicial candidate paid the filing fee of a second Republican.
I wonder why the reporter interviewed someone from California.
Ballot order mostly has an effect when there are not other clues such as party affiliation.
An example can be seen in the primary and concurrent special election for the 32nd Senate district this past June. The single Republican candidate in a heavily Democrat district received the same share of the vote in both the special and primary election.
The district was a quasi-open seat after the assembly member resigned before he could be expelled, and then decided to run for his old seat in both the special election, and for a full term, so there were 8 to 9 Dmeocrats running.
The leading Democrat in the special election was different than the leading Democrat in the primary. The two different Democrats will advance to the special runoff and November general election where they most assuredly will be elected. The senator for the district was determined by the ballot draw.
How come the Elephant hacks in the NC legislature are allowing 2 Elephants on the ballots ???
Very likely for the Donkey to divide and conquer ???
Ms Earls is a major lawyer for the Donkeys in many NC gerrymander WARS cases —
so the Elephants will rig elections to the max to defeat her.