Early voting begins Saturday for CD 23 race

Ciro Rodriguez (photo)

Early weekend voting back on for District 23 (Quorum Report)

Bexar County's elections chief said late Thursday that early voting for the runoff in Congressional District 23 is back on for Saturday — a move flouting the Texas secretary of state. Bexar County commissioners earlier this week voted unanimously to start early voting Saturday, adding two days to the voting schedule set by Gov. Rick Perry.

Their vote came in response to petitions filed by Democrat Ciro Rodriguez's campaign and the League of United Latin American Citizens. However, the secretary of state's office challenged the county's authority to add days, prompting Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen to withdraw her plan Wednesday and revert to the schedule set by Perry, which had early voting beginning Monday. Callanen reversed herself Thursday.