South Texas school board election results nixed The Monitor of McAllen reports (http://bit.ly/W8fpwE ) visiting District Judge J. Manuel Bañales ruled the Hidalgo County Elections Department allowed some voters who aren't part of the school district to cast ballots in the November election. Bañales says removing those illegal votes means that Hidalgo school district trustee Mentor Cantu, who had lost to challenger Norma Garza-Torres, is the winner of the school board seat in question.