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October 31, 2004
Texas | Early Voter Turnout

Greetings from central Texas. Early voting has been very popular this year, with some two million Texans voting early in the 15 largest counties according to Austin NBC affiliate KXAN. Despite the high turnout, Texas Secretary of State Geoff Connor speaking in the Austin American-Statesman predicts an average turnout by the end of the day on November 2. Connor says there are 13.1 million voters registered for this election which is 82 percent of the state’s population. In the 2000 election, 85 percent of the population was registered. Historically, the percentage of Texans voting averages 40 percent. Despite the past numbers, officials are hopeful that we’ll see close to 60% of registered voters voting this year.

Travis County, home to the state capitol of Austin, saw 217,000 early voters. Williamson County, just north of Travis (and my home) had 78,000 early voters. The Secretary of State’s website lists the early voting numbers for the 15 largest counties. Harris County, home of Houston, had a 22.55% turnout. Dallas County saw 28% early vote and Collin County, also in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, had the largest percentage with 41.57% of the population taking advantage of early voting.



Posted by elgato at October 31, 2004 11:53 PM | TrackBack
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