In Re Angelini

The Court acknowledges that the Respondent’s petition did not comply at the filing deadline with the requirements of the Texas Election Code, yet it refuses to grant the mandamus and hold that respondent did not qualify as a candidate for Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals, Place 5. I therefore respectfully dissent.

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On the filing deadline, Lauro Busta-mante’s petition to be certified as a primary candidate for the Court of Appeals for the Fourth District, Place 5, contained less than half of the required 250 signatures. TEX. ELEC. CODE § 172.021(e). This assumes, notwithstanding all the…