Cuellar seeks to block Rodriquez amendment to complaint
Congressional challenger Henry Cuellar said Wednesday that U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez was legally too late in making claims about unqualified Webb County voters casting ballots in last month's Democratic primary.
In court papers filed Wednesday in Laredo, Mr. Cuellar asked retired Judge Joseph Hart, who is hearing the case, to not accept the allegations in Mr. Rodriguez's amended lawsuit, filed Tuesday, which charges that Mr. Cuellar's slender lead in the 28th Congressional District is a result of illegal voting in his home county.
Mr. Cuellar's legal filing asserts that, by pointing at the Webb County voters, Mr. Rodriguez is trying to improperly broaden the scope of his original lawsuit, which alleged unspecified irregularities in voting, vote counting and in a recount in late March. -- Cuellar: Election complaint too late (DentonRC.com)