More than 32,000 vote in Travis County on Monday (TX)

[struggle4progress]

Source: KXAN

AUSTIN, Texas -- Travis County election officials are expecting record turnout for this year's election and are encouraging registered voters to vote early.

At the end of the first day of early voting, a total of 32,607 people had voted in Travis County. Numbers at individual sites varied from 0 at the Juvenile Municipal Court Office to 1,144 at the Randall's Flagship in Westlake Hills. The Travis County elections office has received 8,400 mail-in ballots so far, which is included in that first-day total ...

"We are going to have an 80 percent turnout," said Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir. "That means 440,000 to 460,000 people, and we think that is conservative. We think that is a pretty easy guess for what is going to turn out" ...

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[tedoll78]

1. Done and done!

We (partner and I) both got out of work on Monday morning at 7AM, dog-tired, but I made him go with me to Fiesta to vote early so that we could contribute to any "impressive numbers" stories that emerged as early voting began.
After we'd voted, I allowed him to go to sleep.

[struggle4progress]

2. !

[Skink]

3. This is the best solution possible to get people to vote.

Now I just hope that electronic record get's recorded somewhere.

[smubossirossi]

4. Also in Dallas County

On NPR I heard that the first day totals for dallas county were over 30,000 breaking the first day record for early voting. I was one of the many who voted on todays first day of early voting. GOBAMA! GO NORIEGA!! Lets turn texas blue!!

[struggle4progress]

5. I may do permanent damage to my face through excessive smiling if Big D and Texas go blue

[Skittles]

6. Big D would not surprise me

TEXAS? I'd be salivating until Christmas

[luvspeas]

7. Can I get a What What for Travis Co.

Thems my peeps, y'all!

Texas used to be a democratic! Ann Richards would be very happy right about now! I've protested several times outside of Cornyn's office over the last couple of years (one time in dog ears). We really NEED to get rid of him! Next stop (and I do mean stop!)...Kay Bay. Get her out before she thinks she has a shot at governor.

[tavalon]

11. Absolutely!

They used to be my peeps too. I'm in an even more liberal bastion now but I loved Austin, just hated that it was surrounded by Texas.

[Javaman]

8. I live in Austin and because I'm such a colossal political geek, I'm voting on election day. nt

[TXDemGal]

9. Same here

and I'm taking my 4-year-old daughter with me to my polling place.

[Robbien]

10. How can polls really gauge standings? Polls are based on less than 50% turnout

This election will be different I believe.