A 2015 North Carolina statute tried to change judicial retention from contestable elections (2 or more candidates) to retention elections (yes or no vote on retaining the incumbent). As the News & Observer puts it, the "law gives most sitting justices the option to be re-elected to
additional eight-year terms without head-to-head matchups with
challengers. Instead, the justice can choose to be elected in an
up-or-down vote." The Superior Court held this unconstitutional.
Judicial Selection, by Stephen Ware, a law professor at KU, in Lawrence, Kansas.
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