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Nearly 41,000 Travis County voters cast first-day ballot
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Key Points:
- Nearly 41,000 people in Travis County voted on the first day of early voting for the Nov. 3 election, setting a new record for first-day turnout in a midterm election this century.
- Approximately 4.3% of the county’s 952,713 registered voters cast ballots on Monday, surpassing the 2.8% turnout in 2022 and 4.14% in 2018 on their respective first days of early voting.
- The Travis County Clerk’s office prepared for historic turnout by increasing polling locations from 38 to 45 and extending voting hours, aiming to make this the most accessible election in the community’s history.
- Early voting sites are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, including weekends, with seven locations extending hours until 10 p.m. on the final two days of early voting.
- Notable extended-hour polling sites include Ben Hur Shrine Center, Lakeway Activity Center, Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex, PfISD Rock Gym, Randalls Brodie, Travis County Clerk’s Office, and UT Texas Union.
