Article VII.
Judicial Department

Section 9. Judges, elections; term of office; ineligibility

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Time of elections

Except for special elections to fill vacancies, or as otherwise provided in this constitution, all elections for national, state, county and township offices shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year or on such other date as members of the congress of the United States are regularly elected.

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1909 Article V. Section 12

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1909 Article VI. Section 1

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1909 Article VII. Section 2

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1909 Article VII. Section 9

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1909 Article VII. Section 14

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1909 Article VIII. Section 3

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1909 Article VIII. Section 18

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1909 Article XI. Section 2

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1959 Article XI. Section 16

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Judges, elections; term of office; ineligibility

Circuit judges shall be elected on the first Monday in April, nineteen hundred eleven, and every sixth year thereafter. They shall hold office for a term of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall be ineligible to any other than a judicial office during the term for which they are elected and for one year thereafter.

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1850 Article VI. Section 9

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1850 Article VI. Section 20

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1964 Article II. Section 5

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1964 Article VI. Section 12

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1964 Article VI. Section 21

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