Early voting will end this Friday, October 30. Jeff Blaylock of Texas Election Source stated that as of Saturday nearly 7.2 million Texans have voted early, the largest number of early voters in state history. He further points out, “Already, 42.4% of registered voters have cast ballots, which trails only 2016 (43.5%) for the highest percentage turnout in state history. The number of early votes cast so far is 80.5% of the total votes cast in 2016 including Election Day.” Out of Texas’ largest counties, suburban counties like Collin, Denton, and Williamson are reporting some of the highest turnout rates, surpassing 45%.
