Texas surpassed 1 million votes on first day of early voting

[RandySF]

More than a million Texans have already cast ballots after just the first day of early voting.

And the state isn’t even finished counting the first day’s numbers.

Record breaking early voting, combined with unusually high mail-in ballot returns show Texas has already surpassed 1 million votes with still three more weeks of voting come.

Harris County by far had the biggest turnout on the first day, with almost 170,000 ballots cast in-person or through mail-in voting as of Wednesday morning. In 2016, Harris County had just under 130,000 ballots submitted on the first day.

Even with the long lines, voters in places like Harris County said they were determined to vote on the first day to leave nothing to chance.


https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Texas-surpassed-1-million-votes-on-first-day-of-15647238.php

[Walleye]

1. This reminds me of what I love about this country.

[WSHazel]

2. That is incredible

There will be about 9 million votes cast in Texas this election, and they already have over 1 million in the bank. At this rate, Texas voting centers will be empty on election day because everyone will have already voted.

[LisaL]

4. Well, republicans plan to vote on election day.

So the voting places won't go empty.

[vercetti2021]

3. Joe can win Texas

And pull MJ over the line and deliver the statehouse to the dems too. That will be the true changing point in this state.