Early voting yesterday in Texas; Tarrant County actually [View All]

[yellowdogintexas]

I went with my husband so he could vote since he may have to head back out of town before Election Day. (I am voting Election Day, myself).

So off we go to the Sub-Courthouse, which was surrounded by campaign signs of every type, mostly local candidates. In the parking lot, an elderly lady on oxygen was being assisted with a portable voting booth by an election worker, and my State Rep was out in the free electioneering zone shaking hands and asking for votes.

We went over to talk to him, he said it had been steady all week, and he feels really good about it.

Went in and while my husband was in line, one of the election judges let out a shout "First Time Voter Here!!" The whole room applauded! Apparantly they have been doing this all week.

Another young lady came in who had registered on line late in September and of course didn't have her card yet. So she was told to go ahead and get in line and if her name had gotten in the book she could vote. So she got in line and a few minutes later, I heard the judge tell her to "just have a seat, honey and we will call downtown because they have the master list and if you can't vote today you will be able to vote tomorrow or Tuesday." Extremely polite and kind to her;

She was a young African American woman, excited to cast her first vote and she was treated with the utmost respect. I was very proud.

Over 40% of our registered voters had voted as of end of day yesterday, with today still to be finished.

I am excited about Tuesday, because if I have to wait in line at my little precinct after this many people have already voted, it will mean we have had one hell of a turnout here.