Early voting in Texas off to a very good start with major increases all over the state.

[texas_indy]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/5551822.html

"By the end of the day, 9,233 ballots were cast in the Democratic primary; 2,914 in the Republican, said Harris County Clerk's spokesman Hector de Leon. First-day totals for early voting in the 2004 presidential primary totaled 849 in the Democratic contests and 678 in the Republican."

"I think a lot of people are watching the national primaries," de Leon said. "They recognize Texas has a role to play."

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http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=23148

"BELL COUNTY – At the end of the first day of early voting Tuesday, a total of 1,368 people in Bell County voted, with 751 voting Democratic and 617 voting Republican."

"It's a lot," said Jana Henderson, Bell County election clerk. "In November, if we ended the day with 500, we'd be lucky."

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Heard on the radio yesterday that early voting here in the DFW metroplex was so busy they had to add extra staff to handle the lines.

[K Gardner]

1. All 20,000 or so at the Dallas rally are marching to vote after its over..

gonna be a lot more today !

[caseycoon]

2. Really great! n/t