About 95% of those ballots were cast in person across 88 early voting centers, and more than 57,000 mail ballots were received during the early voting period.
Community Impact previously reported county officials were estimating 70% of ballots for this election would be cast during the early voting period.
Harris County saw more ballots cast early in the 2020 general election during an extended 18-day early voting period. During this election, 88% of early votes were cast in person, with more citizens taking advantage of voting by mail.
Another 221,500 votes were cast on Election Day in 2020. At the time, that amounted to 69.14% voter turnout in Harris County.
The November 2016 election saw about 977,000 votes cast early in Harris County followed by another 360,000 votes cast on Election Day for about 61.33% turnout countywide.
Registered voters in Harris County who didn’t vote early can cast their ballots at any polling location on Election Day, Nov. 5. Click here to see a list of voting centers.
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