Friday was the busiest day so far for early voting for the May 10 elections, according to the Travis County Elections Division. 2,168 registered residents cast their ballots, beating the Wednesday high of 1,803 by 365 votes. Let’s see if that momentum builds over the weekend, or whether everyone’s so busy playing Grand Theft Auto IV or waiting in line for Iron Man that they can’t make it to the polls.

Five-day results
Total early voting: 9,193

Percentage of registered voters: 1.63%

Early voting in person votes: 9,002

Mail ballots received: 191

Monday voting: 1,765

Tuesday voting: 1,685

Wednesday voting: 1,803

Thursday voting: 1,781

Friday voting: 2,168

Highest turn-out voting location: Randalls Research and Braker (862 voters)

Lowest turn-out voting location: Round Rock ISD Performing Arts Center (17 voters)

This article appears in May 2 • 2008.

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