Article VI.
Judicial Department

Section 20. Election of circuit judges

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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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Election of circuit judges

The first election of judges of the circuit courts, shall be held on the first Monday in April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and every sixth year thereafter. Whenever an additional circuit is created, provision shall be made to hold the subsequent election of such additional judges at the regular elections herein provided.

County, circuit and probate judges, election, term

Judges of all county courts, associate judges of circuit courts, and judges of probate shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county in which they reside, and shall hold their offices for four years.

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1850 Article VI. Section 6

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1850 Article VI. Section 20

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1850 Article VI. Section 21

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