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BLANKENSHIP v. BARTLETT

No. COA06-1012.

646 S.E.2d 584 (2007)

Brian L. BLANKENSHIP, Thomas J. Dimmock, and Frank D. Johnson, Plaintiffs, v. Gary BARTLETT, as Executive Director of the State Board of Elections, Roy Cooper, as Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, and North Carolina State Board of Elections, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 3, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Akins, Hunt & Fearon, P.C., by Donald G. Hunt, Jr., Fuquay-Varina, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorneys General Alexander McC. Peters, Susan K. Nichols, and Karen E. Long, for defendants-appellants.

WYNN, Judge.

In Stephenson v. Bartlett, our Supreme Court held that the North Carolina Constitution guarantees that "the right to vote on equal terms is a fundamental right" in the context of representative positions.1 Here, Plaintiffs contend that the holding in Stephenson extends beyond representative positions to include the election of judges. Because the principle of "one person, one vote" is constitutionally required...

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