MS Const., Article 12, Section 250

All qualified electors and no others shall be eligible to office, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution; provided, however, that as to an office where no other qualification than that of being a qualified elector is provided by this Constitution, the legislature may, by law, fix additional qualifications for such office. SOURCES: Laws 1962, ch. 640, effective November 16, 1962. NOTE: The 1962 amendment to Section 250 was proposed by Laws 1962, ch. 640, and upon ratification by the electorate at an election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1962, was inserted by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 16, 1962.