Elections officials in Ellis County, Texas are adding four early voting locations to allow more people to be closer to home when voting early.
: Find key dates, how to check your voter status, how to find out where and when you can vote early and on Election Day, and what you'll need to bring with you to the polls.Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Election Day. On that day, polls will be open in Texas from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. You'll be allowed to vote if you're in line by 7 p.m. on Election Day.Early voting runs from Monday, Oct. 21, through Friday, Nov. 1.
Starting Monday, Oct. 28, and running through Friday, Nov. 1, voters can cast ballots at the Knights of Columbus on Broadhead Road in Waxahachie.On Thursday, Oct. 31, and Friday, Nov. 1, the final two days of early voting, the county elections department will also open locations at the Ferris Public Library on 10th Street, the Italy Community Center on Harpold Street, and the Ovilla City Hall on S. Cockrell Hill Road.
Like many counties across Texas, Ellis County has seen record numbers for the first two days of early voting. The county reported that 9,171 of the 147,616 registered voters voted on Day 1 of early voting, and another 8,550 voted on Day 2. Ellis County Elections said that when the 954 mail-in ballots they've received are added to the total, nearly 19,000 people have voted. That's 12.65% of the county's registered voters in the first two days of early voting.The number of eligible voters has nearly doubled since 2008, when 85,514 registered voters lived in the county. The chart below shows how the number of registered voters in Ellis County has changed over time.
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