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Mail-in ballots are 20 times what they were in 2013

Politiqueras in McAllen?

By G. Romero Wendorf

They’re baaaack.

Las Politiqueras: have they once again landed in McAllen?

They’ve been gone since at least 2005 when the mail-in ballot count numbered approximately 1,000, of which approximately 750 went to one candidate alone (he lost in the subsequent runoff to Richard Cortez).

The Advance News has sent a public information request to the City of McAllen earlier this week to get an up-to-date count, but according to one city source, the mail-in ballots have already surpassed the 300 mark.

Read the entire story on the e-Edition of our newspaper. http://www.etypeservices.com/Advance%20News%20JournalID455/

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