Early voting begins Oct. 22 for the Nov. 6 general election. Registered voters may cast their ballot at any polling location in their home county during the early voting period, which ends Nov. 2.
In the 2008 general election, more than 8 million of the state's nearly 14 million registered voters—or 59.5 percent of registered voters—cast their ballots, according the Texas Secretary of State's Office.
In the 2012 presidential primaries in May, slightly more than 16 percent of the state's registered voters cast their ballots.
Current and historical election information is available on the Texas Secretary of State's website, www.votetexas.gov.
