Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 6/21/18

 New legislation on judicial appointments would chip away at the governor's power to fill vacancies on the bench, but only if voters approve a constitutional change later this year. Republican legislators, who have been back and forth over judicial redistricting and other reforms over the past year, have now proposed Senate Bill 814, which would set up a commission to review judicial nominations.

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