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Pictured is a sign outside a Houston polling location that says “voting this way” in multiple languages.
Friday was the last day to vote early for the Nov. 4 election.
A little more than 8% of the registered voters in Harris County participated.
A total of 212,104 Harris County voters cast ballots between Oct. 20-31, according to data from the Harris County Clerk’s Office. Among them, nearly 205,000 voted in person, and about 7,000 voted by mail. In 2024, there were just over 2.6 million registered voters in Harris County.
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Early voting turnout was lower than the last comparable election in Harris County, which was in November 2023. More than 239,000 voters cast ballots during early voting that year.
The 2023 ballot was similar to this year’s, with 14 state propositions and several municipal elections, including races for Houston mayor and city council. This year’s ballot has 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution along with local municipal elections, although only one Houston City Council seat is on the ballot — a special election to fill the seat being vacated by at-large council member Letitia Plummer.
The most high-profile race on the ballot is a special election to complete the term of late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, which includes large swaths of Houston.
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Here were the top early voting locations in Harris County, in terms of turnout:
- Metropolitan MultiService Center in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood: 11,223 ballots cast
- Juergens Hall Community Center in Cypress: 8,708 ballots cast
- Richard and Meg Weekley Community Center in Cypress: 8,540 ballots cast
- Prairie View A&M University Northwest located in northwest Houston: 6,453 ballots cast
- Freeman Branch Library in southeast Houston: 6,076 ballots cast
Three of the five most-visited early voting locations are located within Cy-Fair ISD, which has a contentious school board election. The state’s third-largest school district has three trustee positions on the ballot as politically conservative school board members are looking to maintain their 6-1 advantage.
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One of the top five locations, Prairie View A&M University Northwest, and several of the top 10 polling locations are within Texas’ 18th Congressional District. Sixteen candidates are vying to fill the seat vacated by Turner, who died in March at the age of 70.
There were 69 early voting locations across Harris County, and there will be 576 polling locations on Election Day. Voters registered in the county can cast ballots at any of the locations.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Election Day, which is Tuesday.