Was Shirley Abrahamson "reelected as chief justice by popular vote... 2009"?

That's what the complaint in her federal court lawsuit says. Here's how the ballot looked:



Even without seeing that ballot, it's obvious that it could not be an election to the position of chief justice. If Koschnick had won, he would not have been elected chief. We, the people of Wisconsin, voted for a Justice of the Supreme Court. The position of chief was determined by the old seniority rule in the Wisconsin Constitution, which we, the people of Wisconsin, have now amended.