Rule 10.02 Membership of Commissions

For the purpose of filling vacancies in the office of judge of the Supreme Court or of the Court of Appeals, there shall be a commission known as "The Appellate Judicial Commission," which shall consist of a judge of the Supreme Court selected by the members of that Court; and one member of The Missouri Bar from each district of the Court of Appeals, elected by the members of the Bar residing in each such district; and one citizen, not a member of the Bar, from each district of the Court of Appeals, appointed by the Governor.

For the purpose of filling vacancies in the office of judge of any other court of record subject to the provisions of Sections 25(a)-(g) of Article V of the Constitution, there shall be a commission known as "The ______ Circuit Judicial Commission" for each judicial circuit subject to the provisions of Sections 25(a)-(g), which shall consist of the Chief Judge of the district of the Court of Appeals within which the judicial circuit, or the major portion of the population of such circuit, is situated; and two members of The Missouri Bar residing in the judicial circuit of each such Circuit Judicial Commission, elected by the members of The Missouri Bar residing in each such judicial circuit; and two citizens, not members of the Bar, who are residents of each such judicial circuit, appointed by the Governor.

No member of any commission referred to above, other than a judge, shall hold any public office, and no member of any such commission shall hold any official position in a political party.