Sec. 13. Purity of elections to be provided for. The legislature shall pass laws to secure the purity of elections, and guard against abuses of the elective franchise.
Sec. 14. Election contests. The legislature shall, by general law, designate the courts by which the several classes of election contests not otherwise provided for, shall be tried, and regulate the manner of trial and all matters incident thereto; but no such law shall apply to any contest arising out of an election held before its passage.
Sec. 15. Qualifications for office. No person except a qualified elector shall be elected or appointed to any civil or military office in the state. “Military office” shall be limited to the offices of adjutant general, assistant adjutant general for the army national guard and assistant adjutant general for the air national guard.
This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1999 Legislature, ratified by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 7, 2000, and proclaimed in effect on November 15, 2000.
Sec. 16. When officers to hold over; suspension of officers. Every person holding any civil office under the state or any municipality therein shall, unless removed according to law, exercise the duties of such office until his successor is duly qualified, but this shall not apply to members of the legislature, nor to members of any board or assembly, two or more of whom are elected at the same time. The legislature may by law provide for suspending any officer in his functions, pending impeachment or prosecution for misconduct in office.
Sec. 17. Time of holding general and special elections; when elected officers to enter upon duties. All general elections for state and county officers, for members of the house of representatives and the senate of the State of Wyoming, and representatives to the congress of the United States, shall be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of each even year. Special elections may be held as now, or may hereafter be provided by law. All state and county officers elected at a general election shall enter upon their respective duties on the first Monday in January next following the date of their election, or as soon thereafter as may be possible.
Sec. 18. Method of selecting officers whose election is not provided for. All officers, whose election is not provided for in this constitution, shall be elected or appointed as may be directed by law.
