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This case is an accelerated appeal concerning an election contest for the La Joya Independent School District board of trustees. Appellants, Arturo Gonzalez and Esperanza Ochoa, challenged the trial court's order voiding the election due to alleged irregularities and fraud. The trial court found clear and convincing evidence of illegal votes, failure to count legal votes, and misconduct by election judges, materially affecting the election outcome. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decision, finding sufficient evidence that 77 illegal votes were cast and 436 votes were unascertainable due to election clerk mistakes, which exceeded the victory margins of 322 and 403 votes respectively. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion by the trial court in declaring the election void.
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This case is an accelerated appeal concerning an election contest for the La Joya Independent School District board of trustees. Appellants, Arturo Gonzalez and Esperanza Ochoa, challenged the trial court's order voiding the election due to alleged irregularities and fraud. The trial court found clear and convincing evidence of illegal votes, failure to count legal votes, and misconduct by election judges, materially affecting the election outcome. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decision, finding sufficient evidence that 77 illegal votes were cast and 436 votes were unascertainable due to election clerk mistakes, which exceeded the victory margins of 322 and 403 votes respectively. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion by the trial court in declaring the election void.
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