Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of the 100 largest cities in America by population as well as mayoral, city council, and district attorney election coverage in state capitals outside of the 100 largest cities. This county is outside of that coverage scope and does not receive scheduled updates.
The people of St. Clair County are served by the Michigan Fourth District Court of Appeals, a circuit court, district court, and probate court.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has jurisdiction in St. Clair County. Appeals from the Eastern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
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Michigan is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Michigan, click here.
If there are more than twice the number of candidates than there are judgeships up for election, the race will appear on the primary election ballot. In the nonpartisan primary, the two candidates who receive the greatest number of votes advance to the general election.
If there are not more than twice the amount of candidates than there are persons to be elected, the race will not appear on the primary election ballot, but only on the general election ballot.[1]
If two or more candidates in a race receive the same number of votes, the election is to be decided by lot. In a process run by a county clerk, the candidates choose slips of paper from a box that say either "elected" or "not elected".[2]