Vote All Night: Texas' Harris County Offers 24-Hour Locations

[whttevrr]

Wow. Go Texas. Early voting surpasses total 2016 voting

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2020/10/29/vote-all-night--texas--harris-county-offers-24-hour-locations-

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Texas has been setting records for early voting. The state leads the nation in voter turnout and several counties have eclipsed their total 2016 turnout.

Now, in a final push, Harris County, which includes Houston and the surrounding area, is doing everything it can to get people to the poles.

Texas’ most populous county – it’s home to roughly 4.7 million people – is keeping eight locations open for 24 hours. The 24-hour period started Thursday morning.

[Faux pas]

1. Whoa

and

[whttevrr]

2. This Makes me very hopeful.

[jcgoldie]

3. Anybody think John Cornyn might be getting nervous?

[whttevrr]

7. see reply #4

Blue Texas

[whttevrr]

4. I hope so

I would love to see Texas go Blue.

[Gothmog]

5. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[whttevrr]

8. uh oh, drunk voting?

Good excuse for republicans to go blue and say "oops."

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. How about vote, then House of Pies?

Love that place

[Laelth]

6. Excellent. Credit to the Clerk, Chris Hollins.

This was, entirely, the Clerk’s call.



-Laelth

[whttevrr]

10. Cool

[Meowmee]

9. it should be vote all night everywhere!

[whttevrr]

11. or mail in/drop off paper ballots

for everyone.

Paper, paper, paper.

[Meowmee]

21. yes, imo

paper ballots in person for everyone in normal circumstance. But now I heard there could be a war on the absentee ballots leading to the courts. I hope not.

[SheltieLover]

12. Awesome!

K&R!

[whttevrr]

17. I know, right?

[NCjack]

13. Gov. Abbott will file a lawsuit tomorrow to reduce voting to 9-5

[LisaL]

15. The last early voting day in TX is tomorrow.

Doesn't make sense to file any lawsuits.

[whttevrr]

16. Brett (I Love Beer) Kavanaugh bases opinion on false voting rules from Rhode Island

[GulfCoast66]

20. I think it is was Vermont.

[whttevrr]

22. I know, but he corrected that. So a few beers and voila, RI!

[dalton99a]

18. Kick

[demosincebirth]

19. Thats the way voting should be. Or close to it

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. Justus Beer Bong Weenie Waver will cry!

[whttevrr]

24. Hope he doesn't spill beer on the ballots.

[Bigredhunk]

25. Wow!

I love this!

I'm someone who wishes everything was open 24 hours.

[whttevrr]

26. Texas early voting surpasses 2016's total turnout

https://www.axios.com/texas-early-voting-2020-surpasses-2016-total-turnout-3b28b6a5-99ef-4ad1-b7c8-1510f39aca4d.html

Texas early voting surpasses 2016's total turnout

Texas' early and mail-in voting totals for the 2020 election have surpassed the state's total voter turnout in 2016, with 9,009,850 ballots already cast compared to 8,969,226 in the last presidential cycle.

Why it matters: The state's 38 Electoral College votes are in play — and could deliver a knockout blow for Joe Biden over President Trump — despite the fact that it hasn't backed a Democrat for president since 1976.

*Polling suggests that Texas — in part because of its changing demographics — has become increasingly favorable for Democrats.

*Hillary Clinton lost the state by over 800,000 votes in 2016, but former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D) lost to Sen. Ted Cruz (R) by only around 215,000 votes in its 2018 Senate race.

*Sen. Kamala Harris, Biden's vice presidential nominee, is heading to Texas on Friday, but Democrats in the state are still urging the campaign to pour more money into the state.

The big picture: Texas is the second state to surpass its 2016 turnout purely from early voting. Hawaii became the first to do so earlier this week.