§ 168.467cIncumbent district court judge as candidate in primary election; affidavit of

candidacy; contents; printing name on ballot; primary and general election for 2 or more
 judgeships; listing categories of candidates on ballot; death or disqualification of
 incumbent judge; application of subsection (4).
 Sec. 467c.
    (1) An incumbent district court judge may become a candidate in the primary election for
 the office of which he or she is an incumbent by filing with the secretary of state an affidavit
 of candidacy in lieu of nominating petitions not less than 134 days before the date of the
 primary election. However, if an incumbent district court judge was appointed to fill a vacancy
 and the judge entered upon the duties of the office less than 137 days before the date of the
 primary election but before the fifteenth Tuesday before the primary election, the incumbent
 judge may file the affidavit of candidacy not more than 3 days after entering upon the duties of
 office. The affidavit of candidacy must contain statements that the affiant is an incumbent


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 district court judge for the district or election division in which election is sought, that he or
 she is domiciled within the district or election division, and that he or she will not attain the
 age of 70 by the date of election, and a declaration that the affiant is a candidate for election to
 the office of district court judge.
    (2) There must be printed upon the ballot under the name of each incumbent district judge
 who is a candidate for nomination or election to the same office the designation of that office.
    (3) In the primary and general election for 2 or more judgeships of the district court, each of
 the following categories of candidates must be listed separately on the ballot, consistent with
 subsection (4):
    (a) The names of candidates for the judgeship or judgeships for which the incumbent is
 seeking election.
    (b) The names of candidates for an existing judgeship or judgeships for which the
 incumbent is not seeking election.
    (c) The names of candidates for a newly created judgeship or judgeships.
    (4) If the death or disqualification of an incumbent judge triggers the application of section
 467e(2), then for the purposes of subsection (3) and section 467b(2), that judgeship must be
 regarded as a judgeship for which the incumbent judge is not seeking election. The application
 of this subsection includes, but is not limited to, circumstances in which the governor appoints
 an individual to fill the vacancy and that individual seeks to qualify as a nominee under
 section 467e(2).