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Voters to decide future of merit system for selecting judges

Channing Turner, Cronkite News Service//May 2, 2011//

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Voters to decide future of merit system for selecting judges

Voters to decide future of merit system for selecting judges

Channing Turner, Cronkite News Service//May 2, 2011//

Jon Phelps, CEO of the State Bar of Arizona. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Channing Turner)
Voters will decide next November whether to change the way...

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