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***MEDIA ADVISORY***

Aug. 15, 2001

Press Conference on Judicial Independence

WHAT: Former U.S. Senator Robert Morgan, N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Hugh Campbell and A.P. Carlton, President-elect of the American Bar Association, will be discussing the release of a new report from the ABA’s Standing Committee on Judicial Independence (copies available at conference).

WHY: To comment on the report of the ABA’s Commission on Public Financing of Judicial Campaigns, which recommends that states that elect judges in contested elections allocate public funds as a means to address the perceived impropriety associated with judicial candidates accepting private contributions from individuals and organizations interested in the outcomes before them.

WHEN: Friday, August 17th, 2001 at 11:00 am

WHERE: Wake County Courthouse, Fayetteville Street Mall, Room TBA

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Jesse Rutledge, (919) 839-1200, N.C. Center for Voter Education

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