Late last week, Najvar Law Firm scored a victory in the Thirteenth Court of Appeals that sets a landmark precedent in the fight against illegal voting in the Texas Rio Grande Valley.
After a four-day trial in March 2014, a Hidalgo County trial court found that NLF had proven by clear and convincing evidence that 30 illegal votes had been cast in a race for Weslaco City Commission, ordering a new election. The illegal votes–more than twice the purported margin of victory in the November 2013 election–were comprised of votes cast by individuals falsely claiming to live at relatives’ homes in the city district and ballots by mail that were returned in violation of the Election Code.
Our opponent appealed the ruling, but the Court of Appeals’ decision affirmed the order for a new election.