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There was an uptick in early voting in the Democratic and Republican primaries this year:

More so for the Democrats, who saw a 105 percent increase over 2014 (if I did my math right). You can see a full breakdown and analysis here.

TheTexas Tribune also has the early vote numbers broken down by county.

Tomorrow - March 6th - is Election Day, and your last day to vote in the primaries.

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@mywanderingreveries

Mon, 05 Mar 2018 13:28:42

The headline: Democrats are voting in a mid-term primary. So far, Democrats have outpaced their 2014 and 2016 early vote turnout through 6 days of early voting. Of the top 15 counties, Democrats have outpaced both 2014 and 2016 totals in 9 of the 15 counties.

This type of turnout doesn’t usually happen in off-year, mid-term elections, as you can see from the figures set forth by TX Elects.

Of course, voter turnout is still low, but this has raised some questions about the future of some Republican incumbents if this type of turnout continues into the general election. It probably won’t impact any statewide races, but could tilt some Congressional and state house districts in the Democrats favor, particularly in Harris County.

You can see the early voting totals here.

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@mywanderingreveries

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:20:05

After one day of early voting, this is what it looks like so far. Basically, Democratic turnout is up over previous election cycles (and way up over the previous off-year cycle: 2014). Overall, turnout is unsurprisingly low.

You can see more detail at the TX Secretary of State’s site here.

Find out where to vote, who to vote for and go vote.

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@Wandering Reveries

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:37:02

Happy President’s Day.

Hopefully, you got registered to vote, because if you live in Texas, early voting starts tomorrow, since today is a federal holiday. And early voting will end on March 2nd (Texas Independence Day!). Primary Election Day is March 6th (The Fall of the Alamo).

If you want to know what districts you’re in, you can search by address here, and if you’re wondering who’s running in your area, you can search here by party primary and county.

Texas has an open primary system, so you can vote in either party’s primary. Depending on where you live and your preferences, you may want to choose carefully, because most of these elections will be decided in the primaries, not the general election.

This year, Texans will be voting for several statewide offices, including Governor, Lt. Governor, Ag Commissioner, Land Commissioner, and judges, as well as state senators and representatives. The Texas League of Women Voters has an online voter guide, but not all candidates respond to their questionnaire, so you may want to also check candidate websites, social media, etc. for information on their positions.

These elections are important, so remembers to get out there and vote.

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@mywanderingreveries

Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:51:21

Some pretty amazing early voting numbers this year compared to 2014 in the top 15 counties. During the early voting period, 4.1 million people voted - a 141 percent increase over 2014.

Of those voters with previous primary history, Republican held an advantage (through 11 days of early voting); however, there has been a large number of people with no primary history voting in this election, which could cause some heartburn in a few districts.

Not only has turnout increased over the 2014 cycle, but we’re seeing numbers close to 2016 turnout (which was a Presidential election year). In 2016, about 4.5 million people voted early.

Election Day is tomorrow - November 6 - so if you didn’t vote early, go vote.

EDIT: Wasn’t paying attention earlier and totaled everything up. The Day 12 total is actually the total through all 12 days of early voting.

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@mywanderingreveries

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 13:05:44

We’re breaking early voting records in Texas ahead of the 2018 General Election (Texas Tribune). There was even a line at my usual early voting location on Saturday morning.

Through 6 days, there has been a 183% increase over 2014 early vote turnout in the 15 largest counties:

Through 4 days, Republicans had an advantage in early voting numbers, and most of those voting have been older (although there has been an increase in younger voters as well).

One thing we don’t know yet (obviously) is whether or not these early vote numbers are reducing election day turnout.

You can view the early vote turnout numbers here.

EDIT: correcting a math error.

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@mywanderingreveries

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:30:48

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Sun, 25 Oct 2020 22:42:34

This post is the last in a series about in-person early/absentee voting. Early Voting start dates are in the bold headers. Early Voting end dates are in parentheses next to the state name. An asterisk or star (*) means that the state has Early Voting Same-Day Voter Registration. This means that you can register to vote and vote in person at your early voting location, during the Early Voting period. Please note that your state may also have Election Day Same-Day Voter Registration, which I did not include in this post, to avoid confusion. Please click on the state name to find your early voting location and more information. I used several resources in developing this post: The League of Women Voters’Vote411,Ballotpedia,Vote.org, and the U.S. Vote Foundation. View the first posthere. View the second post here.

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