Except as may be otherwise provided by the provisions of Sections 23-15-974 through 23-15-985, the general laws for the election of state officers shall apply to and govern the election of judges of the Supreme Court.
Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-213 [Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 7, art 4 (4); 1857, ch. 4, art 42; 1871, § 382; 1880, § 168; 1892, § 3702; 1906, § 4209; Hemingway's 1917, § 6845; 1930, § 6271; 1942, § 3300; Laws, 1902, ch. 105; Laws, 1944, Ex ch. 4; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 229; Laws, 1994, ch 564, § 95, eff. 9/6/1994 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).