Thanks in part to an increase in Democratic candidates as well as a general increase in partisan nastiness, there's been a sharp increase in challenges to ballot applications.

This isn't right. A technicality shouldn't abrogate the voters' right to pick who they want. Fortunately, the Texas Supreme Court appears to see it that way. Good on them.

This being Texas, there had to be at least one case with a weird twist. Here it is, scroll down to the "Heidi Ho! Ho! Ho!" subhead to read it.