Travis County early voting: 32,000 people cast ballots as of 6 p.m. Tuesday
8:15 p.m. update: More than an hour after lines for early voting were cut off on Tuesday, several voting locations showed seven locations with longer than 51-minute wait times, according to the Travis County clerk’s online wait time map.
The seven locations were: Austin Oaks Church, Bee Cave City Hall, Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center, Pflugerville ISD Rock Gym, Round Rock ISD Hartfield Performing Arts Center, Shady Hollow Village Shopping Center, and Westlake United Methodist.
Seven other locations, including the Dittmar Recreation Center which reported voting machine malfunctions Tuesday morning, had wait times of 21 minutes or more according to the county clerk’s office.
Travis County has a total of 37 early voting locations, according to the clerk’s office.
A spokeswoman from the Travis County clerk’s office told the American-Statesman that they had not received any reports of law enforcement being called to respond to incidents related to polling locations.
6:15 p.m. update: Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir said 32,000 people had voted as of 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
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