§ 168.415Candidates for judge of circuit court; declaration of nominees; certification of

nomination; death or disqualification of candidate.
 Sec. 415.
    (1) The candidates for the office of judge of the circuit court receiving the largest number of
 votes at any primary election, to a number equal to twice the number of persons to be elected
 as set forth in the report of the board of state canvassers, based on the returns from the various
 county boards of canvassers and election precincts or as determined by the board of state
 canvassers as the result of a recount, shall be declared the nominees for the office at the next
 general election. The board of state canvassers shall certify the nomination to the county
 election commissions.


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    (2) If, after the deadline for filing nominating petitions under section 413, there are fewer
 candidates for nomination or nominees for the office of judge of the circuit court than there are
 persons to be elected at the general November election because of the death or disqualification
 of a candidate more than 65 days before the general November election, then a person,
 whether or not an incumbent, may qualify as a nominee for that office at the general
 November election by filing nominating petitions as required by section 413. However, the
 filing shall be made before 4 p.m. on the twenty-first day following the death or
 disqualification of the candidate or 4 p.m. on the sixtieth day preceding the general November
 election, whichever is earlier, and the minimum number of signatures required is 1,000 or 1/2
 the minimum number required under section 413, whichever is less.
    (3) The secretary of state shall certify the nomination of each person who qualifies as a
 nominee under subsection (2) to the board of election commissioners specified by section 687
 for the general November election.