FLORES' SIGNS DECEIVE VOTERS TO THINK SHE IS IN OFFICE NOW

Special to El: Rrun-Rrun

 II. Misrepresentation of Office Title.

"A candidate may not represent that he or she holds an office that he or she does not hold at the time of the representation. If you are not the incumbent in the office you are seeking, you must make it clear that you are seeking election rather than reelection by using the word “for” to clarify that you don’t hold that office. The word “for” must be at least one-half the type size as the name of the office and should appear immediately before the name of the office."

"Reelect" is a clear code violation.

https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/data/resources/advertising/Gpol_adv.pdf

(Ed.'s Note: Now, let's see if we can get this right. You can only use the re-elect me for something if you are currently serving in that office, like say, Vicente Gonzalez. We checked with staff people at the office of the Texas Secretary of State and they concurred. Now we have the Election Code law section directly address this issue. 

The vitriol directed against this blog by her followers do not lend any dignity to their cause, but instead reveals the level of their rage that someone would actually question this clear violation of the law. For example, check out this eloquent, venom-filled response from someone one who thinks she should be above the law. Is this an example of their Christian piety?: 

"Juan, vales sebo, guey! Vato Malinche. Adelante Mayra!!!! El Pueblo insiste, bola de cabrones, sin verga."

 

God, Family and Country indeed. Is Ms. Vallejo-Flores like Daddy Trump who thinks she is above the law?  

Does this woman know where to stop, or will she continue being a pathological liar and say that - like her posting pictures she lifted from other sites of Mexican food - she enjoyed them at "the ranch with family?" When cornered, she feigned ignorance and said she never intended to deceive anyone. How about this latest instance of "unintended" deception? 

On the other hand, maybe her claim of ignorance might have a basis in fact. It just happens that the illegal sign is posted in the parking lot of the Cameron County courthouse on Harrison Street for everyone to see. No, George Santos has nothing on this girl.)

Mayra's signs say she is running for "re-election" to Congress.
FYI, the Texas Election Code says she can't do that.

Texas Election Code Section 255.006 - Misleading Use of Office Title
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly enters into a contract or other agreement to print, publish, or broadcast political advertising with the intent to represent to an ordinary and prudent person that a candidate holds a public office that the candidate does not hold at the time the agreement is made.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly represents in a campaign communication that a candidate holds a public office that the candidate does not hold at the time the representation is made.

(c) For purposes of this section, a person represents that a candidate holds a public office that the candidate does not hold if:
(1) the candidate does not hold the office that the candidate seeks; and
(2) the political advertising or campaign communication states the public office sought but does not include the word "for" in a type size that is at least one-half the type size used for the name of the office to clarify that the candidate does not hold that office.

(d) A person other than an officeholder commits an offense if the person knowingly uses a representation of the state seal in political advertising.

(e) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.