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Early voting in Travis County topped 2022 by about 100,000 voters before Election Day
Nearly halfof registered voters in Travis, Williamson and Hays had voted early
That count was reported Monday.
Source: KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station
Tuesday's midterm drew a big early crowd. Hill Country News reported that both Williamson and Travis counties saw substantial increases over 2022. KUT says nearly half of registered voters in Travis, Williamson and Hays counties had already cast a ballot as of Monday.
- Travis County record: highest early midterm turnout since 1998
- Also beat early turnout for the 2012 presidential election
- Some registered voters missing from the system had to vote provisionally
Celia Israel, Travis County's tax assessor-collector, said her office finished inputting voter registrations last week, so the system was updated for Nov. 3.
Travis County's early vote topped the last midterm by about 100,000 voters
- 450,000+
- people voted early in person or by mail in Travis County
- 100,000
- about that many more early voters than in the 2022 midterm
- 1998
- earliest year in the state data behind the midterm record
Source: KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station
