Article VII.
Judicial Department

Section 14. Election; term of office

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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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1909 Article XI. Section 3

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1909 Article XI. Section 6

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1909 Article XI. Section 7

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1959 Article XI. Section 16

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Probate judges; nomination, election, terms

One or more judges of probate as provided by law shall be nominated and elected at non-partisan elections in the counties or the probate districts in which they reside and shall hold office for terms of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. In counties or districts with more than one judge the terms of office shall be arranged by law to provide that not all terms will expire at the same time.

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1909 Article VII. Section 14

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1939 Article VII. Section 23

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Election; term of office

Judges of probate shall be elected in counties in which they reside, and shall hold office for four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall be elected on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, nineteen hundred twelve, and every four years thereafter. The legislature may provide by law for the election of more than one judge of probate in counties with more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, and may provide for the election of such judges in such counties at alternate biennial elections.

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1850 Article VI. Section 13

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1850 Article VI. Section 21

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1964 Article II. Section 5

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1964 Article VI. Section 16

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