By Richard Winger This story describes the Indiana legislature’s deliberations on SB 352, a bill to revamp the election system for choosing state court trial judges in Indianapolis. The old system was held unconstitutional last year. The old system was technically a partisan election, but no party was permitted to run nominees for more than half the seats. Because only the Democratic and Republican Parties usually nominated judicial candidates, effectively the voters had no choice. The candidates named on the November ballot couldn’t be defeated, unless a very strong write-in candidate emerged. …read more