(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a-5), if one of the following events occurs 92 or more days before a general primary election at which judges are to be nominated, the term of an incumbent judge will expire on the first Monday in December of the next even-numbered year: (2) the Chief Justice receives a written resignation or notice of retirement, signed and submitted by the judge, which specifies a date of resignation or retirement on or before the first Monday in December of the next even-numbered year;(3) a statute mandates the judge's retirement for reason of age on or before the first Monday in December of the next even-numbered year;(4) the judge was eligible to seek retention in the next general election but failed to timely file a declaration of candidacy to succeed himself or, having timely filed such declaration, withdrew it;(5) the judge is convicted of a felony or other infamous crime;(6) the judge is removed from office. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a-5), if one of the preceding events occurs less than 92 days before a general primary election at which judges are to be nominated, the term of an incumbent judge will expire on the first Monday in December following the second general election thereafter.