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Texas’ massive early voting numbers have persisted, leading to predictions of overall turnout unseen in years
Read full article: Texas’ massive early voting numbers have persisted, leading to predictions of overall turnout unseen in yearsWith a full week left, that’s surpassing the total percentage turnout for early voting in 2012, though still a couple percentage points short of 2016’s early voting turnout. Early voting in 2012 and 2016 had about one less week. As of Friday morning, more than half of Texas’ counties have already seen a third or more of their registered voters participate. Greg Abbott’s order, Texas voters have an extra six days of early voting in hopes that the polls will be less crowded during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But because 39% of early voters have no primary voting history, it’s impossible to tell which party is leading in early vote turnout.