Kendall County Elections Administrator Staci Decker Friday said early voting turnout was in line to break previous turnout totals.
“Our previous high was 62%. We may go over that (on Friday),” Decker said shortly after noon Friday. “It’s definitely picked up; if so, then it could turn out to be the highest (early voting) turnout we’ve had.”
Through Thursday’s voting, 60.9% of Kendall County’s 38,959 registered voters cast ballots in- person or submitted ballots by mail, according to totals released by the Texas Secretary of State’s office.
Decker said a total of 22,492 — 57.7% — of the county’s registered voters cast in-person ballots during the first 11 days of early voting.
Turnout on day two of early voting, Oct. 22, produced the highest total, with 2,711 submitting their ballots. All weekday turn- out during the first week of early voting Oct. 21-25 exceeded 2,000 voters.
Week two, Oct. 28-Nov. 1, calmed slightly. Only Monday, Oct. 28, came close to the 2,000-voter mark, at 1,905. The rest of the week proved lighter, with 1,648 voting Tuesday, another 1,516 on Wednesday and just 1,319 on Thursday.
Election Day Tuesday promises to be hectic and “extremely busy,” Decker said.
“We urge people to be patient. There will be lines. We ask people to bring all the documentation they need with them,” she added.
Residents arriving to vote just after polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday, or sometime after 5 p.m., may find smaller lines. “It will cut down, but we’ll still have lines,” she added.
Election results could come as early as 9 p.m., but 9:30-10:30 p.m. may be more realistic as her staff waits for vote totals from outlying polling places to arrive and be tallied.
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