Alvarez v. Espinoza

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• holding that the election code permits a trial court to determine whether the number of illegal votes cast exceeded contestee’s margin of victory without determining for which candidate illegal votes were cast
• “As a matter of law, the other six voters were nonresidents, who should not have voted in this precinct three election.”
• votes cast by nonresidents in violation of section 1.015 of Election Code were not counted
• election officials' violations of sections 32.006, 87.002, 13.038 and 13.039 did not justify voiding election because provisions violated were directory
• by temporarily moving to Austin to attend school at the University of Texas at Austin, challenged voter did not lose his Frio County residence or acquire residence for voting purposes in Travis County
• by temporarily moving to Austin to attend school at the University of Texas at Austin, challenged voter did not lose his Frio County residence or acquire residence for voting purposes in Travis County

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