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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article VI § 20; Article VI § 22; Article VI § 23; Article VI § 24

Proposal No. 3

August 6, 1968; House Joint Resolution F of 1967; Approved 494,512 to 266,561 (65%)

Article VI

Sec. 20: Whenever a justice or judge removes his domicile beyond the limits of the territory from which he was elected or appointed, he shall have vacated his office.

Sec. 22: Any elected judge of the court of appeals, circuit court or probate court may become a candidate in the primary election for the office of which he is the incumbent by filing an affidavit of candidacy in the form and manner prescribed by law.

Sec. 23: A vacancy shall occur in the elective office of a judge of any court of record or in the district court by death, removal, resignation or vacating of the office, and such vacancy shall be filled at a general or special election as provided by law by appointment by the governor. The person appointed by the governor shall hold office until 12 noon of the first day of January next succeeding the first general election held after the vacancy occurs, at which election a successor shall be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term. Whenever a new office of judge in a court of record, or the district court, is created by law, it shall be filled by election as provided by law. The supreme court may authorize persons who have been elected and served as judges and who have retired, to perform judicial duties for the limited period of time from the occurrence of the vacancy until the successor is elected and qualified limited periods or specific assignments. Such persons shall be ineligible for election to fill the vacancy.

Sec. 24: There shall be printed upon the ballot under the name of each elected incumbent justice or judge who is a candidate for nomination or election to the same office the designation of that office.

Sources

  • Michigan Manual, 1969-1970, p. 480 (HathiTrust)
  • Michigan Manual, 2021-2022, p. 98 (PDF, Legislative Service Bureau)
  • Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1968, pp. 707–708 (HathiTrust)
  • Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1968, p. 711 (HathiTrust)

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