The totals surpass the first day of early voting in 2019, the last time there was a Houston mayoral race on the ballot.
for early voting. There were 12,740 early in-person voters and 3,289 mail ballots returned on the first day of early voting on Monday, Oct. 24.
The totals surpassed the first day of early voting in 2019, the last time there was a Houston mayoral race on the ballot. “It’s surprising because this is definitely one of those races you don’t typically see a big turnout on, especially on day one of early voting,” KHOU 11 Political Analyst Rottinghaus pointed to several factors as the reason for likely generating voter interest and boosting voter turnout compared to previous years of similar election cycles.is pretty robust on day 1 compared to day 1 of 2019. Competitive races down ballot along with big names and big money spent is juicing up turnout.
“The fact that there are a lot of people here who are engaged in this race means that there are people down the road who might be persuadable and that’s something that both campaigns are looking for,” Rottinghaus said.KHOU would like to send you push notifications about the latest news and weather.
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