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More Than 9 Million Texans Cast Ballots Early, Topping State's Total Turnout In 2016 - NPR

More Than 9 Million Texans Cast Ballots Early, Topping State's Total Turnout In 2016 - NPR

More Than 9 Million Texans Cast Ballots Early, Topping State's Total Turnout In 2016 - NPR
Oct 30, 2020 1 min, 9 secs

Texas hit a significant milestone with four days to go before Election Day: The number of early voters who cast ballots in the Lone Star state this year passed the entire total cast in all of 2016.

During the last general election, turnout for the nation's second-most populous state was 8,969,226, according to figures from the Texas secretary of state's office.

Texas joins Hawaii as the first states to surpass 2016 voter turnout figures through early voting alone, said Michael McDonald, a political science professor at the University of Florida who runs the U.S.

The mark set Friday by Texas, which has 38 electoral votes, also comes on the last day of early voting in the state.

Nearly 1.4 million votes have been cast in Harris County and we're not even done with Early Vote yet.

Nearly 1.4 million votes have been cast in Harris County and we’re not even done with Early Vote yet.

Breaking: ✨"As of this evening, we have passed the entire voter turnout from 2016 in Harris County." ✨.

With millions of voters across the state expected to turnout on Election Day and mail-in ballots still be to be tallied, the likelihood of Texas setting new record-breaking turnout could be a possibility, The Texas Tribune reported

"The surge in votes is in part due to high turnout during early voting and increases in registered voters in Texas' growing urban and suburban counties

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