Allow supreme court justices to use partisan affiliation

HB 838 would revise election laws to allow candidates for Chief Justice and Justice of the Supreme Court to indicate a political party affiliation. These candidates could include their party affiliation on their nomination declaration, which would then appear on primary and general election ballots. The bill also permits these candidates to publicly announce their political affiliations and campaign endorsements. If a candidate does not indicate a party affiliation, the word "Nonpartisan" would appear next to their name on the ballot. This changes the current nonpartisan nature of these specific judicial races.