Texas leads nation in early voting totals, with 4 million ballots cast

[RandySF]

Texas is leading the country in ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election so far, with more than 4 million votes counted as of Sunday.

The Lone Star State is first in the nation in both the raw number of ballots cast and the total votes as a percentage of 2016 turnout, according to the U.S. Elections Project, a collection of voting statistics compiled by University of Florida professor Michael McDonald.

As of Sunday, more than 4 million Texans have voted in the general election, either through absentee ballots or in-person early voting, which began last Tuesday. Those ballots account for roughly 45 percent of the nearly 9 million total votes counted during the presidential election four years ago.

California, the only state with a higher population than Texas, has counted more than 3 million ballots to date, approximately 21 percent of 2016 turnout, according to the U.S. Elections Project. The state began its early voting period on Oct. 5.



https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Texas-leads-nation-early-voting-totals-4-million-15658301.php

[trc]

1. "Very steady" was the report I got from my polling place today

And while my wife, son, and I were in voting, the poll workers checking ID and assigning passcodes announced a first time voter and there was a good round of applause. Very active, very upbeat. Damn I hope we flip Texas.