In Welch v. State ex rel. Long, 880 S.W.2d 79 (Tex. App.-Tyler 1994, writ denied), the Tyler Court of Appeals concluded that a person who had been convicted of a felony was barred from holding public office by the provisions of both the Election Code and the enabling language of Art. XVI, 2. The defendant in Welch argued Art. XVI, 2 prohibited the removal of state officers for offenses such as felony DWI because "DWI is neither a crime of moral turpitude nor an offense which requires a mens rea, it cannot be considered a high crime as that term is used in the Constitution." Welch, 880 S.W.2d at 82.