SAN ANTONIO – A record was broken in Bexar County on the first day of early voting in the 2024 general election. On the first day of early voting, 46,820 ballots were cast, according to numbers from Bexar County’s elections office.

SAN ANTONIO - Bexar County elections officials have announced a massive turnout during the first day of early voting.The latest numbers from the county released

Almost 47,000 people cast a ballot Monday at one of Bexar County’s 51 early voting sites, besting the previous first-day turnout record from 2016.

More than 44,000 people moved to Travis County between April 2020 and July 2023, but population growth may not be the only driver of increased early voter turnout in this year's historic election. The 46,

The Dallas County Elections Department is addressing an issue that led to long wait times for some voters on the first day of in-person early voting. DCED said the problem was first reported early Monday morning when poll workers noticed a black screen that required devices to be restarted to continue checking voters in.

Along with voting for the next president, eligible Texans can vote for other officials running on the local, state, and federal levels.

According to the Texas Secretary of State's office, more than 870,000 Texans voted on the first day of early voting in the state.

At the Maverick Activities Center at the University of Texas at Arlington, young voters were particularly enthusiastic.

The large early voting numbers in parts of Central Texas are worth mentioning. In the City of Belton, early voting lines had a significant wait time of about 90 minutes. Around 4:15 p.m. on Monday they had 8,