First Adopted: February 01, 1972
Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2024
Rule 10 | Rules Governing the Missouri Bar and the Judiciary | Nonpartisan Judicial Commissions and Judicial Performance Review
10.07 | Special Elections
A special election to fill a vacancy for the unexpired term of any
elective member of a commission, or to elect the first elective members
of a newly created circuit judicial commission, may be held at any time
upon being called by the Chief Justice of this Court or by this Court
itself; provided that:
(a) no special election to fill a vacancy for an
unexpired term shall be called for a date that is 60 days or less before
the end of such unexpired term; and
(b) the call of such election shall
be made not less than 60 days before the date fixed for the election.
Special elections to fill a vacancy may be called for the same date as
the date for a regular election and combined with a regular election.
An
election shall be deemed called when the call thereof (whether in the
form of an order of this Court or a call signed by the Chief Justice)
has been filed with the clerk of this Court. The clerk of this Court
shall, promptly upon the filing of any call of a special election, send a
certified copy thereof to the clerk of the court in whose office such
election is to take place. Every call of a special election shall be a
public record, and this Court or the Chief Justice may give such further
publicity thereto as deemed fit.
(Adopted February 1, 1972, effective September 1, 1972. Amended May 23, 2023, effective January 1, 2024.)