A governor and lieutenant governor shall be elected at the general election in 1962 and every four years thereafter.

Article 02. LEGISLATIVE

At the time the declaration is filed, each candidate for retention on the district court shall pay a filing fee of $30 to the director.

One-half of the members of the state senate and all members of the state house of representatives shall be elected at each general election in accordance with the apportionment articles of the state constitution.

Article 03. JUDICIARY

Each district judge seeking retention in office shall file with the director a declaration of candidacy for retention no later than August 1 before the general election at which approval or rejection is requisite.

At the time the declaration is filed, each candidate for retention shall pay a filing fee to the director. The filing fee for a candidate for retention on the court of appeals is $100.

Each judge seeking retention in office shall file with the director a declaration of candidacy for retention no later than August 1 before the general election at which approval or rejection is requisite.

At the time the declaration is filed, each candidate for retention shall pay a filing fee to the director. The filing fee for a candidate for retention on the supreme court is $100.

Each justice seeking retention in office shall file with the director a declaration of candidacy for retention no later than August 1 before the general election at which approval or rejection is requisite.

At the time the declaration is filed, each candidate for retention shall pay a filing fee to the director. The filing fee for a candidate for retention on the superior court is $30.

Each supreme court justice shall be subject to approval or rejection at the first general election held more than three years after the justice's appointment. If approved, the justice shall thereafter be subject to approval or rejection in a like manner every tenth year.

The director shall place the name of a supreme court justice who has properly filed a declaration of candidacy for retention on the ballot in each judicial district of the state for the general election at which approval is sought.

Each judge of the court of appeals seeking retention in office shall file with the director a declaration of candidacy for retention no later than August 1 before the general election at which approval or rejection is requisite.

The director shall place the name of a judge of the court of appeals who has properly filed a declaration of candidacy for retention on the ballot in each judicial district of the state for the general election at which approval is sought.

The director shall place the name of a superior court judge who has properly filed a declaration of candidacy for retention on the ballot in the judicial district designated in the declaration of candidacy for the general election at which approval is sought.

Each superior court judge shall be subject to approval or rejection at the first general election held more than three years after the judge's appointment. If approved, the judge shall thereafter be subject to approval or rejection in a like manner every sixth year.

Each judge of the court of appeals shall be subject to approval or rejection at the first general election held more than three years after the judge's appointment. If approved, the judge is thereafter subject to approval or rejection in a like manner every eighth year.

The director shall place the name of a district judge who has properly filed a declaration of candidacy for retention on the ballot in the judicial district designated in the declaration of candidacy for the general election at which approval is sought.

Repealed or Renumbered

The judge shall seek approval in the judicial district to which the judge was originally appointed, except in case of assignments and transfers with the judge's consent, in which case the judge shall seek approval in the district where the judge has served the major portion of the judge's term. The judge shall designate on the declaration of candidacy the judicial district to which the judge was appointed, except in case of assignments and transfers in which case the judge shall designate the district where the judge has served the major portion of the judge's term.

(a) Each district judge shall be subject to approval or rejection at the first general election held more than two years after the judge's appointment under the provisions of AS 22.15.170 . If approved, the judge shall thereafter be subject to approval or rejection in a like manner every fourth year.

(b) The district judge shall seek approval in the judicial district in which the judge was originally appointed, or in the district where the judge has served the major portion of the judge's term. The district judge shall designate on the declaration of candidacy the judicial district in which the judge was appointed, or the district where the judge has served the major portion of the judge's term.