Article VIII, Section 9. [Judicial retention elections.]
Each appointee to a court of record shall be subject to an unopposed retention election at
the first general election held more than three years after appointment. Following initial voter
approval, each Supreme Court justice every tenth year, and each judge of other courts of record
every sixth year, shall be subject to an unopposed retention election at the corresponding general
election. Judicial retention elections shall be held on a nonpartisan ballot in a manner provided by
statute. If geographic divisions are provided for any court of record, the judges of those courts
shall stand for retention election only in the geographic division to which they are selected.
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