Elections for the Chief Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge shall be held at the regular judges’ meeting in October. Elections for Chief Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge shall be decided by a majority vote of all the judges at the October election meeting. Elections for the Administrative Division representatives to the Executive Committee (Division Presiding Judge) shall be held no later than the Friday following the October judges’ meeting. If no judge from an Administrative Division receives a majority of the votes to be elected Division Presiding Judge, then the Chief Presiding Judge shall draw names by lot from the top two finalists to fill the position. The Chief Presiding Judge shall be notified of the Division election results no later than November 5th.

(Amended 3/30/2007)