Fraud alters the outcome of an election. 

“Heath, Doyle and Cook all changed their residential addresses to 9333 Six Pines Drive – the location of a Residence Inn in The Woodlands – to vote in the 2010 RUD election. They won by a 10-2 margin, but that election was overturned by the incumbents in a lawsuit.

Heath, a resident of The Woodlands, was convicted of illegal voting Nov. 1. The jury decided Heath, 56, knowingly voted in the May 8, 2010, election of the RUD Board of Directors despite not having permanent residence in the district.”
 
Houston News.