Harris County (Houston) early voting turnout in 2024 falls short of 2020 record by more than 80,000

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Posted on 11/04/2024 5:09:10 PM PST by 11th_VA

More than 1.2 million Harris County residents took part in early voting this year, falling shy of 2020's record turnout of approximately 1.4 million.

According to the Texas Secretary of State’s unofficial results, 1,176,426 people voted in person across Harris County during early voting. As of the final day of early voting, Nov. 1, 53,500 had also already voted via mail, making for a total of 1,229,926 ballots cast during early voting.

This is the second-highest number of ballots ever cast during early voting in Harris County. 2020 still holds the record with 1,265,405 in-person ballots and 171,247 mail-in ballots cast during early voting. That's approximately 88,000 more in-person voters and 117,000 more mail-in ballots than in 2024.

Overall early voter turnout amongst registered voters was also lower this year compared to 2020. In 2020, 57.92% of Harris County's 2.4 million registered voters voted during early voting while this year only 45.67% of the nearly 2.7 million registered voters voted early, according to the secretary of state's office.

One possible reason behind the dip is that there were only two weeks of early voting this year while 2020 had three weeks to accommodate for the COVID pandemic. Since the 2020 election, new state voter ID laws have also gone into effect, reducing the amount of voters eligible to receive a mail-in ballot.

On Monday, Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth released a statement and said that some of the statistics on the number of voters at specific early voting centers may be inaccurate due to a spreadsheet error…

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1 posted on 11/04/2024 5:09:10 PM PST by 11th_VA

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