Villarreal Treviño confirmed that she won't appear on the City of Laredo Council District 4 Election ballot because she failed to change her voter registration application 30 days prior to submitting a candidate for City Council, District 4 application, according to City and Texas Election code. Villarreal Treviño says that she will be a write-in candidate for District 4 in November 2024.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
July 26, 2024
Laredo, Texas - On Friday, Priscilla Villarreal Treviño, 39,, aka, "Gordiloca" was notified by the City of Laredo Secretary Mario J. Maldonado Jr. that her ballot application review for City Council, District 4 showed that she failed to be registered at the district she applied to run for the City Council seat at least 30 days before the deadline for filing as a candidate expired. According to the City Attorney Doanh "Zone" T. Nguyen, Villarreal "Treviño is ineligible to file for a place on the City of Laredo election ballot for City Council, District 4, for the November 5, 2024 general election. Public records conclusively demonstrate that Ms. Treviño will not be registered to vote in District 4 by the filing dateline."
In mid February, Villarreal Treviño announced that she was a candidate for City Council, District 4, but did not change her voter registration to District 4 at the time. If she would have change her voting address shortly after, Villarreal Treviño would definitely be on the ballot for the City Council general election in November 2024.
Villarreal Treviño applied on July 22, 2024 to be place on the election ballot as a candidate for City Council, District 4, with the Office of the City of Laredo Secretary. The Texas Election code 141.001 (6) requires for a registered voter (candidate) running for a territory, to be registered from which the office is elected. The voter registration application in the territory takes 30 days to become effective. Villarreal Treviño's eligibility to vote on District 4 becomes effective 2 days after the candidacy filing deadline of August 19.
Villarreal Treviño was registered to vote at City Council, District 8, since November 4, 2022, but she later registered to vote at District 4 on July 22, 2024, which the deadline filing date for her City Council candidacy to be placed on the ballot for City Council, District 4 is on August 19, 2024, the filing deadline.
Villarreal Treviño was 2 days over of the 30 days required as a registered voter for District 4, making her ineligible to vote on District 4, because she will still be a registered voter for District 8 on August 21, 2024, which is 30 days to be eligible to vote on District 4. In other words, on August 19, she would still be considered a registered voter for District 8, and on August 21, she would then be considered a registered voter for District 4, thus keeping her from the August 19 filing dateline to be place her on the ballot for City Council, District 4.
Villarreal Treviño, who is known for her foul/explicit language, on Friday on her Gordiloca News Laredo TX Facebook page confirmed that she will run as a write-in candidate instead for the City Council, District 4 seat. If she doesn't get elected on November 5, she plans to move to San Antonio, Texas in January 2025.
The following candidate will appear on the November 5, 2024 General Election ballot for City Council, District 4, is Ricardo Garza, 61, and Villarreal Treviño is running as a write-in candidate, according to the City of Laredo Secretary's Office. (https://www.cityoflaredo.com/departments/elections/candidates-569)
Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA)
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