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The Non-Partisan Ballot: What You Need to Know About Voting for Judges

Friday, Oct. 19, 2012

When it comes to elections many people do not take time to find out about judicial candidates and either don't check the boxes on the ballot or simply take a stab in the dark and base their vote on a name only. Craig speaks with actress Mary McCormack. In 2012 McCormack re-united with the cast of the West Wing to film a video that served both as a reminder that US voters should remember to vote for non-partisan candidates when they cast their ballots, and as a video promoting McCormack's sister's judicial candidacy for the Michigan State Supreme Court. Craig also has Bridget McCormack and Hon. Michael Warren, both candidates for judgeships, in-studio. Former Supreme Court Justice James Ryan joins the conversation as well.

Here are a couple of links that offer additional information on the 2012 election: Study of the processes by which state supreme court justices are selected and also the Voters Guide

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