given us a very clear mandate to begin and try to prevent voter fraud,” said Starr County District Attorney Omar Escobar. Escobar’s office began the voter fraud probe when county…
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on four voter fraud charges relating to mail-in ballots. Vela is accused of approaching an elderly voter, taking the voter’s mail-in ballot for the November 2018 election, then filling it…
By Erin Anderson|October 22, 2018|Local, Rio Grande ValleyA South Texas mayor charged with running a voter fraud scheme to win his election will have to resign or face voters again in a recall election if enough city…
By Erin Anderson|May 22, 2019|Local, Rio Grande Valley…name of a deceased voter. Elections officials discovered ineligible voters on the rolls while reviewing the county’s voter registration records. That review was prompted by a federal lawsuit filed in…
By Erin Anderson|February 24, 2018|Local, Rio Grande Valleycomplex he owns—while acting as a deputy voter registrar for Hidalgo County. The couple was charged in June with felony voter fraud. Molina was indicted on one count of engaging…
By Erin Anderson|September 11, 2019|Local, Rio Grande Valley…this year by the Texas Rangers, who are working with Hidalgo County District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez and the AG’s Election Fraud Unit to investigate the voter fraud allegations. Crystal Lee…
By Erin Anderson|November 9, 2018|Featured Articles, Local, Rio Grande ValleyTexas Attorney General’s office and the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s office to investigate the voter fraud allegations. “Voter fraud is not acceptable in our elections,” District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez, Jr….
By Erin Anderson|May 25, 2018|Local, Rio Grande Valleywarned, “including ballots that are currently going out to voters via mail.” The DA’s voter fraud investigation also revealed that non-citizens are on the county’s voter rolls. Earlier this week,…
By Erin Anderson|February 8, 2018|Local, Rio Grande Valleyfraud, a misdemeanor, and fraudulent use of a ballot-by-mail application, a felony under a new law enacted last year to crack down on mail ballot voter fraud. Senate Bill 5…
By Erin Anderson|February 1, 2018|Quick Takesinformation on an application or submit an application without a voter’s permission. “Our legislature has given us a very clear mandate to begin and try to prevent voter fraud,” Escobar…
By Erin Anderson|January 22, 2018|Quick TakesState authorities have arrested a fifth Hidalgo County voter in connection with an ongoing voter fraud investigation in the Rio Grande Valley. Texas Rangers arrested Francisco Tamez, Jr. on Friday,…
By Erin Anderson|June 4, 2018|Featured Articles, Local, Rio Grande ValleyThree Hidalgo County voters are the latest Rio Grande Valley residents to be arrested in connection with ongoing voter fraud investigations in South Texas. Texas Rangers arrested Veronica Vela Saenz,…
By Erin Anderson|May 23, 2018|Local, Quick Takes, Rio Grande Valley…to cast fraudulent ballots for him. Molina and his wife were arrested in April and charged with felony voter fraud for enticing people who live outside the City of Edinburg…
By Erin Anderson|June 13, 2019|Local, Rio Grande ValleyAnother probe of voter fraud in the Rio Grande Valley is underway, this time in Hidalgo County. Texas Rangers are investigating allegations of illegal voting in the city of Edinburg…
By Erin Anderson|April 30, 2018|Local, Rio Grande Valleyin the ongoing investigation of voter fraud in the city of Edinburg’s November 2017 municipal election. Texas Scorecard has been covering the investigation since complaints of suspected illegal voting became…
By Erin Anderson|November 8, 2018|Local, Quick Takes, Rio Grande ValleyDistrict Attorney’s Office has cooperated and assisted the Election Fraud Unit in those investigations. “Voter fraud is an affront to democracy and places the decision-making authority of the Texas electorate…
By Cary Cheshire|April 25, 2019|Stateof 18 felony and misdemeanor charges for their part in the alleged voter fraud scheme. “These cases highlight the unfortunate widespread abuse of elder and disabled voters in our state,”…
By Erin Anderson|July 24, 2018|Local, Rio Grande Valley…across Hidalgo County and holds meetings on Wednesdays. The O.W.L.S. have been called to testify several times at the state capitol on voter fraud and voter ID laws. In 2011,…
By Miriam Cepeda|February 2, 2018|Local, Rio Grande Valley…non-citizens in Texas are registered to vote, with another four million registered voters in question. Direct Action Texas (DAT), a watchdog organization known for exposing mail ballot fraud in numerous…
By Ross Kecseg|August 16, 2018|State…voters who were either “on the fence” or first-time voters to the polls who supported “change” with Dominguez. Dominguez garnered 56.71 percent (3,287 votes) compared to Oliveira’s 43.29 percent (2,509…
By Miriam Cepeda|May 23, 2018|Local, Rio Grande Valley