This case presents the narrow question whether incumbent justice court judges who were not attorneys when they became judges (hereafter called "nonattorney judges") are eligible to run for reelection at the June 8, 1976, primary election. We have concluded that, by reason of section 71701 of the Government Code, such nonattorney judges are ineligible to run for the office in question.
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