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Elon poll finds N.C. residents like electing judges

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Friday, November 20, 2009

(Updated 4:19 pm)

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RALEIGH (AP) — A poll says North Carolina residents like electing their judges, but some are open to letting an independent commission appoint them.

The Elon University Poll released Friday found more than two-thirds of those polled say they support choosing their judges on a ballot, as they elect other officials. Similar percentages of those surveyed opposed changing the law to let the governor appoint judges.

But nearly half said they agreed with the idea of an independent panel appointing judges. The panel would not consist of the governor or Legislature.

Elon pollsters surveyed 563 North Carolina residents by phone Monday through Thursday. There's a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.

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invisibleman

November 20, 2009 - 4:36 pm EST

People want to elect judges, but do they take the time to learn ANYTHING about the judges they are voting for or just vote based off the best commercials?

ncswampfox

November 20, 2009 - 5:57 pm EST

In my opinon.... electing judges is a big mistake. Judges would have to spend an inordinante amount of time raising funds. Judges are human and could be influenced to rule in favor of the party that provides the most finances. Additionally the political partys will be interested in who gets elected and will use their funds to supply help to their choice. This means that people and more importantly firms from other states could be determining who will be judge in our state. There are numerous other reasons for not electing judges which I am not qualified to comment on.

Judges should be selected by an impartial indepedent panel.and the choice should be based on merit and quaifications