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Early Voting, Day 2 

 Tue Oct 21, 9:59pm , 2008


In-person totals in Travis County climbed on day 2 of the 12-day early voting period, although overall numbers dropped because fewer mail-in ballots arrived today. In all, 25,171 went to the polls, a rise of almost a thousand over yesterday; add in 1,030 mail-ins, and it comes to 26,201 (down from 32,607 yesterday.)

Overall, that's 58,808 that have voted early, 9.65% of Travis' 609,224 registered voters. And it's well ahead of the 2004 general election, which saw 33,845 votes after two days.

Over 12 days, that projects to 352,848 early voters (58% of registered voters), although the 2004 voting pattern suggests that the numbers will decline slightly through the week, drop off sharply on Sunday, and then spike sharply upward through next week. However, the 2004 total of 37% of registered voters seems within easy reach.

 

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