"A candidate for trustee must be a resident of the trustee district the candidate seeks to represent".
The education code that DMC has operated under for many many years does not specify a 6 month residence requirement.
"§ 130.0822. ELECTION FROM SINGLE-MEMBER TRUSTEE
h. "A candidate for trustee must be a resident of the trustee district the candidate seeks to represent."
DMC has operated under this code without waiver for quite a while. Why now, does Westergren & Valdez seek an AG Opine.
There is also another clause of the Education Code that reads,
"except where there is a conflict with the provisions of this section, then this section is controlling "
The Voter registration card - many of our politicians are registered to vote here but they are not residents that actually live here as residents. Also, these politicians register to vote in other states.
I have not seen the voter card but suppose it is one issued after she filled out the candidate application. There is a way one lives elsewhere but keeps the voting place in their hometown. I know a few people who live in Corpus Christi but their voting place of record remains in their home town.
Maybe she didnt think she had a chance of winning and was making plans to move back to Kleberg County or maybe the card was reissued by an automated system.
We cant go changing the rules when we dont win and but that is how DMC wins; by cheating.
1 comment:
Posted by muffin on July 24, 2007 at 8:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Every two years I get a new voter registration card, automatically. It always has the same street address (which is correct) but it goes to a PO Box. If I moved to another address, another town or another State it would still be delivered. Since I own my home It would also be valid and I could still legally vote here.
My son who was in the Navy and "LIVED" all around the world, voted here for all 21 of those years. He was a member of several community groups during that time, which required "residency" elsewhere and he also filled those requirements. There is no issue.
Where the lady "VOTES" or voted at any point in time is immaterial, so long as she fulfills the "residency" (where her body resides) requirements.
State law (time of residence) may well apply where the education code (inferior law) is mute. State law is superior to all except federal law...
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