§ 168.467eCandidates for judge of district court; declaration of nominees; certification of

nomination; death or disqualification of candidate.
 Sec. 467e.




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    (1) The candidates for the office of judge of the district 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 as
 the result of a recount, shall be declared the nominees for the office at the next general
 November election. The board of state canvassers shall certify the nomination to the county
 election commissions.
    (2) If, after the deadline for filing nominating petitions under section 467b, there are fewer
 candidates for nomination or nominees for the office of judge of the district court than there
 are persons to be elected 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 467b. 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
 467b, 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.