Calabria v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

In North Carolina’s 2006 General Election, two judges of this Court — Robin Hudson (“Hudson”) and Ann Marie Calabria (“plaintiff”) — were candidates for Associate Justice (the “Wainwright” seat) of the North Carolina Supreme Court. After reviewing their respective applications to become certified as North Carolina Judicial Public Financing candidates, the State Board of Elections (“State Board”) so certified both candidates and disbursed $211,050.00 from the North Carolina Public Campaign Fund to both Hudson and plaintiff. Seven days before the election, FairJudges.Net, a…