JUDGE CATHERINE EAGLES WEIGHS REINSTATING JUDICIAL PRIMARY RACES IN NC: When North Carolina voters go to the polls in November to elect judges, they could see a long list of names on the ballot with each candidate’s political affiliation. In a federal courtroom in Greensboro on Wednesday, attorneys for the North Carolina Democratic Party argued that the Republican-led General Assembly violated the party’s free speech and equal protection rights in October when it voted to abolish primary elections in all judicial races this year which would have allowed the winnowing of candidates for the general election. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles is weighing whether to block the law while a lawsuit filed last year awaits trial.
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