Record turnout for early voting in Harris County, TX

[RandySF]

HOUSTON - Early voting polls opened in Harris County at 8 a.m. Monday.

Harris County Clerk Stan Stanart tells KHOU 11 News that the number of voters turning up is already breaking records.

As of 6:00 p.m., Harris County broke an early voting first day record with 59,827 votes. That breaks the 2012 record of 47,093 votes.

Some viewers at the Bayland Park voting location in southwest Houston told KHOU 11 News that they were warned the wait would be more than two hours.

According to a new CBS News tracking poll, here in Texas 59 percent of likely voters say they plan to cast their ballots early.

"Hillary Clinton is not going to the win the state, but the chances of her doing so are not remote, and they were remote three weeks ago," said Bob Stein, KHOU 11 political analyst.


http://www.khou.com/news/politics/harris-county-early-voting-numbers-already-breaking-records/340792543

[Coyotl]

1. We have 50,000,000 more registered voters than 2008.

So we should expect records to be broken. Are they prepared for the vast increases?

That, said, Houston is blue, so this is positive news if not unexpected.

[AgadorSparticus]

6. It surprises me that SA is red. WHaaa??

[Rstrstx]

9. It's not

Don't know where that map came from but this is a breakdown on the 2012 election by county

[Massacure]

7. Texas only has 30 million people, how can they have 50 million more registered voters?

And here I thought it was only republicans who were good at stamping out voter fraud.

[Coyotl]

8. Nationwide.

[Massacure]

13. That makes more sense.

I guess I jumped to my original incorrect conclusion when I saw the 50,000,000 figure and a big ass map of Texas together.

[uponit7771]

12. Sigh FW Tx has a higher population than Vegas and is RED !!! This burns me up !! The GOTV in east

... Tarrant has to be stronger.

sigh

[TexasBushwhacker]

19. More than a million new voters in TX since 2012 n/t

[riversedge]

2. #EarlyVoting in Dallas County: Today: 58,329 and counting

I assume this is TX??


CBSDFW Verified account
‏@CBSDFW

#EarlyVoting in Dallas County:
Today: 58,329 and counting
First day in 2012: 32,512
First day in 2008: 34,415


https://twitter.com/CBSDFW/status/790718688190164992

[riversedge]

3. RECORD BREAKER: 46,086 for the 1st day of early voting in Travis Co. That's more than double for th

Jordan Bontke ‏@JBontkeCBS 1h1 hour ago

RECORD BREAKER: 46,086 for the 1st day of early voting in Travis Co. That's more than double for the 1st day in the '12 election. @cbsaustin pic.twitter.com/aJxwaXFzJR
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[LeftInTX]

14. Wow, the bluest county in the state!!

[Cresent City Kid]

4. Long lines in San Antonio

35,431

http://apps.bexar.org/earlyvotecounts

[LeftInTX]

15. I waited over an hour

[Cha]

5. YAY!!!!

[Gothmog]

10. From my twitter feed

[LisaL]

11. TX sure seems interested in voting this time around.

[LAS14]

16. What kind of demographic is found in Travis county?

[Gothmog]

18. Travis County is the bluest county in the State

Austin is located in Travis County. The model of this city is keep Austin wierd

[Gothmog]

17. Early voting is breaking records in Texas’ 10 biggest counties

This makes me smile https://www.texastribune.org/2016/10/25/early-voting-breaking-records-texas-10-biggest-cou/