Texas: early voting starts today for TX-23
The San Antonio Express-News reports: The state has stepped back from a standoff with Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen and civil rights groups over the start of early voting in the runoff for Congressional District 23.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas has ordered early voting to begin today in counties that are ready, including Bexar. That's two days earlier than the early voting schedule set by Gov. Rick Perry.
Callanen said she was "absolutely thrilled" and that election judges are ready to go.
Nina Perales, regional counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said she didn't know why the state decided to agree to two extra days, but that negotiations moved quickly. -- MySA.com: Metro | State