Big Jump in Early Voting Numbers

Day 10 of early voting in Travis County saw a sharp jump in the number of ballots cast. Today, 9,592 of you finally made up your minds and punched your tickets. That beats the previous high (from yesterday) by 1,818. The grand totals: combining early in-person votes with mail-in ballots, 67,244 Travis residents have done their patriotic duty; that translates to 12.1% of the county's registered voters.

And man, what is it with that Randalls grocery on Research? Northcross Mall used to always be the most popular site for early voters, but the Research Randalls leads the pack currently with 6,557, followed by 5,651 at Northcross and 5,158 at the Randalls on South MoPac.

Eastside voters! Wake up! If you don't participate in your democracy, you're going to keep getting screwed. The lowest turnout has been at the Northeast Health Center (568), with the Albertsons on Riverside (726) and the HEB on East Seventh (804) joining it as the only sites that have yet to crack 1,000. I'd insert that great Warren Beatty line from Bulworth here, but I just know I'd get called a racist.