Late this afternoon usually reliable sources inside the Brownsville Independent District have said that 404th District Judge Elia Cornejo-Lopez name will be removed from the Nov. 8 election where she had filed as a candidate Monday for Position 5 to unseat incumbent Catalina Presas-Garcia.
El Rrun-Rrun has been unable to confirm the reports with the BISD because the withdrawal reportedly came shortly before the closing time for the main offices of the district.
However, sources at the Cameron County Elections Office told this medium that Administrator Remi Garza had informed Cornejo-Lopez that she could not appear on two ballots for an election held on the same day (Nov.8) because it was against the Texas Election Code.
The Texas Election Code that prohibits running for two positions on a ballot for elections held the same day.
Sec. 141.033. FILING APPLICATIONS FOR MORE THAN ONE OFFICE PROHIBITED. (a) A candidate may not file applications for a place on the ballot for two or more offices that:
(1) are not permitted by law to be held by the same person; and
(2) are to be voted on at one or more elections held on the same day.
(b) If a person files more than one application for a place on a ballot in violation of this section, each application filed subsequent to the first one filed is invalid."
Three other candidates are on the ballot for the same position. They are Laura Perez-Reyes, Erasmo Castro, and Laura Castro
The removal of her name from the BISD ballot comes on the heels of news that at least two persons have filed online complaints with the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct saying that her entry into the non-judicial contested election not only violated the code of judicial conduct but by filing as a candidate she had also relinquished her seat on the 404th bench.Canon 5 of the Code of Judicial Conduct states that": "Canon 5: Refraining from Inappropriate Political Activity
(3) A judge shall resign from judicial office upon becoming a candidate in a contested election for a non-judicial office either in a primary or in a general or in a special election. A judge may continue to hold judicial office while being a candidate for election to or serving as a delegate in a state constitutional convention or while being a candidate for election to any judicial office."
TEXAS CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT (As amended by the Supreme Court of Texas through August 22, 2002)
Presas-Garcia said she will follow through with her complaint and blogger Robert Wightman also filed one online and included the ballot drawing tear sheet and her application declaring herself a candidate on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Since she relinquished her judgeship "upon becoming a candidate in a contested non-judicial election, (see graphic) at 4:58 p.m. Tuesday, two minutes before the filing deadline, that would seem to imply that she is no longer a district judge and cannot sit on cases before her court.
What will this mean to the court docket that is scheduled for Wednesday? Will those proceedings be legal or will she still conduct business regardless?
And she is also subject to the Judicial Fairness Act of the Election Code which requires her to return all political contributions she has received after she named her treasurer (her husband Leo Lopez) on the BISD election form.
Presas-Garcia said she will follow through with her complaint and blogger Robert Wightman also filed one online and included the ballot drawing tear sheet and her application declaring herself a candidate on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Since she relinquished her judgeship "upon becoming a candidate in a contested non-judicial election, (see graphic) at 4:58 p.m. Tuesday, two minutes before the filing deadline, that would seem to imply that she is no longer a district judge and cannot sit on cases before her court.
What will this mean to the court docket that is scheduled for Wednesday? Will those proceedings be legal or will she still conduct business regardless?
And she is also subject to the Judicial Fairness Act of the Election Code which requires her to return all political contributions she has received after she named her treasurer (her husband Leo Lopez) on the BISD election form.
9 comments:
In a city and region where passing gas is the stuff of jokes, well, so is this sad episode. Brownsville needs to return to its Mexican heritage, to stop playing the Anglo game and to build a return to the true culture it most certainly owns.
Andale cabrona, quieren jugan en las big leagues?
Muralla 1, Las prietas 0
The Anglo game? Corruption and scumbaggery are synonymous with the Mexican culture. That's why you live in our country, and not your motherland.
I'm glad her power greedynes back fired on her, wanting to hold two positions and trying to get her loser husband also in a position of power.
Her whole platform for BISD was to change her daughters grades so she could get scholarships and entry to good universities, shame on you Elia Corneji!!
Thank God Texas is not part of Mexico, we would be in trouble now
The Anglo Game is a loser's game. Your want corruption, see Chris Christie's New Jersey. You want scumbaggery, see Donald Trump. And we don't live in "your" country; this is - and has been - "our" homeland since way before Texas became Texas. Beat it, hillbilly.
It seems that we have an elected Judge that does not know either the Judicial Code of Conduct or the state Election Code. She doesn't seem to know how to use a law library either to learn what she does not know.
This part of the world has most of it's public officials that are either stupid, crooked or some combination of both. It must be true that the public demands such. Why else would it be this way?
this women has NO shame a bully all the way .. her demeanor in the court is horrible what a ugly person inside and out . i pray for her
For all the harm you have done to everyone you've crossed paths with Elia…..Karma.
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