The Monitor reports on the latest voter fraud allegations in the Rio Grande Valley made by two Democrats battling for a seat on the Weslaco City Commission, including “obvious illegal registration,” votes “cast by individuals who were not eligible to vote in District 5 because they do not reside in District 5,” and mail-in ballot fraud.

“These pervasive illegalities in ballots voted by mail are the result of a concerted effort by Contestee Rivera’s campaign to encourage voters to seek ballot by mail applications, some of which were fraudulently submitted on behalf of voters not eligible … or even completing ballots without direction from the voters,” the suit says. “The ballot by mail scheme allowed the Rivera campaign to exercise undue influence on such voters in a manner that would not be possible, or at least would be harder to achieve, if the voter were to vote in person.”

Residency for voting purposes continues to be a thorny issue: 

Lopez’s attorney Jerad Najvar acknowledged the murkiness of trying to prove residency and the difficulties that would likely come with both sides trying to challenge the true home of so many people.  “I think we’ll establish that these people weren’t residents… There will be a lot more votes, I think, that will prove to be invalid.”