Early voting in Harris County began this week, and with so much at stake, one voter said it's not only essential but easy to vote when there are so many places to do it.
Looking to vote early in Harris County? Officials added more polling locations to the list, resulting in a 16,000-voter turnout on day one.About 16,000 people voted in Harris County on the first day of early voting."Voting is important," Matthews said. "It's your civic duty. And we're in a time right now with Houston, everything that's going on from the crime to the streets, the city, the budget, the economy, so many things. So it's so important to vote.
There are more early voting locations than there were for the last municipal election in 2019. But on Election Day, Nov. 7, the number is smaller than four years ago."There were different requirements at the time in 2019," she said. "We've reduced those, but we are still more than half of what we need in the county."
Hudspeth's office expanded on that explanation in a statement, which read, "Currently, Harris County has 1165 voting precincts. Under Sec. 43.007 of the Texas Election Code, Harris County could reduce their polling locations to 50% of their county voter registration precincts, which would only require 583 election day polling locations. However, Harris County has opted not to reduce their polling locations to the extent permitted by Section 43.007 of the Texas Election Code.
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