This is a moral issue. Grace is an attorney who was running to become a state law maker. What does it say about her character if she thinks she is above the law?

To characterize this as a technicality is a huge mischaracterization. This is not like forgetting to check a box on a form or sign a document. This goes to the very heart of a representative democracy. If law makers, like the position Grace was running for, thought people who worked or spent a lot of time in a place could adequatelly represent that area, there would be a workplce exception to the residency requirement.