With Election Day still ahead, Dallas County and Texas have already set total-turnout records

[RandySF]

Dallas County voters ended three weeks of early voting Friday, breaking the record for the total number of votes cast during any election.

Texas' second-largest county broke its previous record of 770,590 votes, set in 2016. By 2 p.m. Friday, an estimated 771,200 people had voted either in person or by mail. A final count and turnout rate were expected to be reported to the state Saturday.

The county had 1.4 million registered voters.

Unprecedented turnout in North Texas and across the state has added frenetic energy to an election that was already one for the history books because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Recent polls suggest Democrats are within striking distance in several races in a state friendly to Republicans.

More than 9 million ballots had been cast as of Friday morning in the nation’s second-most-populous state, exceeding the 8.9 million-plus votes cast early and on Election Day four years ago, according to an Associated Press tally of early voting data in this state. Texas was the first state to hit the milestone, according to the AP’s count.



https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/2020/10/30/dallas-county-sets-new-turnout-record-with-more-than-771000-votes-cast/

[Stallion]

1. Harris County Had a HUGE Day too

I just read total number was 1.4 million plus about 89,000 today alone which was fueled by polls which were open 24 hours. I saw a spread sheet that detailed each day and Harris County knocked it out of the park today. So the Texas early voting numbers are going to skyrocket when released

BTW it might because a week of cold dark weather broke and today the weather was clear and warm.

I'd bet that Texas is probably well over 60% of total registered voters which are easily the best numbers in modern Texas history