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Area leaders, students and police officers were out with their gloves on and rakes in hand in the Castle Point neighborhood on Friday.

Attorney general’s opinion invites lawsuits over long-established ballot security and sets up election officials for possible criminal charges.

As more and more instances make the Texas headlines about convicted felons running for public office, the question is whether felons are allowed to run. The the answer is not clear in the Texas Election Code, which states that an eligible candidate must “have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities.” While a pardon is relatively clear cut, it’s the other part of the code that has people scratching their heads: “otherwise released from the resulting disabilities.” Does that...