From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 784: State lawmakers have been debating potential changes to the system North Carolina uses to select its judges. The John Locke Foundation and Western Carolina University’s Center for the Study of Free Enterprise co-hosted a recent panel discussion of the topic. Carolina Journal Radio asked panelists to share highlights from their presentations. Bryan McCannon, assistant professor of economics at West Virginia University, focuses on the choice between partisan and nonpartisan elections. McCannon says partisan elections offer voters more information, a characteristic economists tend to like for most transactions.