2020 Texas Early Voting Numbers

[Guest Lobo]

The red wave was already registered in the counties in which they are turning out.  Nothing new there except the headline:  “Red Wave tough guy voters for Trump turn out despite menstrual cramps on red Tuesday.”

[Brisketexan 104,620]

3 minutes ago, usmc0331horn said:

By almost 3 million votes. Definitely a majority imo.

In Texas, they are a majority.  Again, all that matters is individual states.

[Huckleberry 32,701]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

In Texas, they are a majority.  Again, all that matters is individual states.

In Texas they're not silent. Your friend's message is demonstrably wrong one way or the other.

[Biff Tannen 45,495]

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

In Texas, they are a majority.  Again, all that matters is individual states.

 

Lots of new voters this time around.

[TornACL 7,676]

Before the 2024 general election, we need a fucking opt-out option for all political solicitation texts/emails. 

It is out of fucking control today. I'm getting texts and/or calls every 15 minutes. 

[Texas73 420]

15 minutes ago, 406W30th said:

I recall someone saying we'll know the Texas results by election night – is that true? I know lots of states can't legally start counting until Election Day (which is fucking stupid and part of the GOP's tactic to sow electoral chaos), but is that the case in Texas? All of these record turnouts have me bullish on Texas' chances of turning blue, unlikely as it may be.

  

Texas counts the early vote and reports it on election night.

[Hank Kingsley 20,702]

Texas will not be called early on election night. We have a chance to make a statement that will resonate for decades/centuries. 

[Brisketexan 104,620]

10 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

In Texas they're not silent. Your friend's message is demonstrably wrong one way or the other.

Well, he's a Trumper, so we ain't talking about a Rhodes scholar.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,843]

11 minutes ago, TornACL said:

Before the 2024 general election, we need a fucking opt-out option for all political solicitation texts/emails. 

It is out of fucking control today. I'm getting texts and/or calls every 15 minutes. 

fun being a swing state, eh?

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13,546]

And like their leader, quiet and reserved. Unless you ask them, you would never know they support Trump.

[Celery Man 20,886]

Can you vote in NC?  That state needs your vote more than Texas does. NC has to be blue. 

I don’t even have an NC address yet or a specific date when I’ll have one.

Dittmar was about 1:15 from near the dumpster.

[Guest Lobo]

12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Well, he's a Trumper, so we ain't talking about a Rhodes scholar.

Yes, but he did attend Rhodes College in Tennessee for three semesters.  So...you know...kind of a big deal?  

[The Dog 43,805]

15 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Texas will not be called early on election night. We have a chance to make a statement that will resonate for decades/centuries. 

It all depends on the numbers that come out of election day. Remember that Texas starts processing absentee ballots before election day, and jurisdictions with more than 100,000 voters can start counting at the end of the early election period. Unless it's just too close to call we'll know Texas on election night. 

[RexWilson 1,341]

Went to the Wilco Annex on Old Settlers around 11:30. Most people waiting in line to vote at this I have ever seen. It was about 50 deep but the line moved quickly. Took me about 15 minutes to get in and out.

[StassneyHorn 6,538]

If you see an old person walking by or anyone noticeably limping or with a disability, tell them to go the front of line. They don’t need to be outside that long.

Edited October 13, 2020 by StassneyHorn

[Pasken 1,309]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I hear ya but the only way to get the count done somewhat quickly is heavy on electronic voting. I do wish there was a more direct link so you can verify how your vote was tabulated. However that can create other concerns about people selling their vote or being intimidated to vote a particular way. The downside is that our current process requires faith that the system works and there isn't outside interference/manipulation.

This guy hasn't voted in Travis County in the last year.

[Willfully Horn 7,913]

4 minutes ago, Pasken said:

This guy hasn't voted in Travis County in the last year.

Just had a similar conversation with Mrs Horn. In 2018, Hays switched to Hart Intercivic Verity Duo machines, which print a receipt with your votes printed out for you to check. Receipt goes into a ballot box, as a backup.

She voted in that election, too. Has no memory of the paper backup. Had to pull it up online to get her to drop the subject.

[Pato del Muerto 52,342]

1 hour ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Texas will not be called early on election night. We have a chance to make a statement that will resonate for decades/centuries. 

 

43 minutes ago, The Dog said:

It all depends on the numbers that come out of election day. Remember that Texas starts processing absentee ballots before election day, and jurisdictions with more than 100,000 voters can start counting at the end of the early election period. Unless it's just too close to call we'll know Texas on election night. 

If Texas puts Biden over 270 that would be fun but also mean it’s a route. I think I’d rather it take a little longer into the night and Texas puts him over 400 as salt in the wound. 
 

maybe call tx and ca at the same time when the polls close in ca for a quick 90 EV hammer. 

Edited October 13, 2020 by Pato del Muerto

[SquishMitten 10,401]

Particularly this year. You could have to quarantine for COVID exposure at any time. Earlier the better.

Well if that happens, I’ll go buy a house in a red county and vote in person there. And fuck masks, bruh! That’s political activism anyway and shouldn’t be allowed in a voting area

[gmr548 16,513]

This guy hasn't voted in Travis County in the last year.

The new Travis County machines are awesome. Just moved back to Houston and am disappointed Harris County doesn't have them.

[Aqua Buddha 14,516]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

I mean, they lost the popular vote.  Not sure that qualifies as "silent majority".

They're not all that silent, either.

[Born to Run 6,567]

Have been doing so.
Still keep some of the old shitty ones around, so I know how the shitheels think.

For me, its only the ones i have to keep around. The rest I realized i can live without. On the one hand its less trips offshore fishing, but on the other hand its less sitting through dumb conversations and racist jokes.

Like Fox News I can already imagine the take given any news even so why tune it.
Person of color =divisive, thug.
Liberal Woman = shrill
Socialism: Any policy trying to help not wealthy white people or GOP voters like farmers, cops or military.

[Huckleberry 32,701]

Harris County has passed 100k today compared to 68k previous record in 2016.

[SquishMitten 10,401]

Again, a reminder that Biden voters aren't the only enthusiastic ones lining up to vote early - from an old friend of mine, who voted early:

Red Wave..... Time for the silent majority to act.

 

I don’t think I’ll ever get over the loud as fuck minority referring to themselves as the silent majority.

[SquishMitten 10,401]

In Texas, they are a majority.  Again, all that matters is individual states.

Majority of voters, maybe. Majority of citizens, no.

[SquishMitten 10,401]

Before the 2024 general election, we need a fucking opt-out option for all political solicitation texts/emails. 
It is out of fucking control today. I'm getting texts and/or calls every 15 minutes. 

I love it...for now. Shows me there’s an enormous amount of volunteers working these campaigns. But yeah, gonna need to get off some lists afterwards.

[BrickHorn 18,194]

3 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

 I don’t think I’ll ever get over the loud as fuck minority referring to themselves as the silent majority.

It’s all backwards with these dumb motherfuckers. They’ve been trained to observe the truth and insist on the lie. It’s part of the brainwashing process, I suppose. If you can convince a mass of human beings to adopt fanatic belief in whatever you say despite overwhelming evidence that the opposite is true, you have a cult at your disposal. 

[Brisketexan 104,620]

7 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

Majority of voters, maybe. Majority of citizens, no.

Voters are the only thing that counts.  And apathetic citizens who let this shit happen are also voting, by their inaction.

[Biff Tannen 45,495]

1 hour ago, BrickHorn said:

It’s all backwards with these dumb motherfuckers. They’ve been trained to observe the truth and insist on the lie. It’s part of the brainwashing process, I suppose. If you can convince a mass of human beings to adopt fanatic belief in whatever you say despite overwhelming evidence that the opposite is true, you have a cult at your disposal. 

Yep, it's 180 degrees from the truth.  That's one of the craziest parts of all of this to me.  They aren't just spinning facts to form a different point of view.  They are spinning it completely opposite, despite overwhelming evidence, and these people fully believe it.  It defies all logic.

[Ghost of LL 15,492]

8 hours ago, Your Mom said:

To me it’s setting the tone. The long lines make the news, they show that people care, they make it all more visible and make other people more likely to care.  It’s the same way a touchdown on the first play sets the tone and has a bigger impact on the game even if those 7 points don’t count any more than the other 7 scored in the middle of the 3rd qtr. 

It also works the other way.  How many marginal voters see this and say, "fuck it--I'm not waiting for five hours."?

I don't know whom that benefits.  I could see it either way.  But frankly, I don't care.  I want as many people to vote as possible.  Let the chips fall where they may.  Because for the shit that I want Joe Biden to do, he needs to have a democratic mandate to do it.  And you don't get a democratic mandate with poor voter turnout.

2 hours ago, 406W30th said:

I recall someone saying we'll know the Texas results by election night – is that true? I know lots of states can't legally start counting until Election Day (which is fucking stupid and part of the GOP's tactic to sow electoral chaos), but is that the case in Texas? All of these record turnouts have me bullish on Texas' chances of turning blue, unlikely as it may be.

  

The large counties will be able to post their early votes--which will be a majority of their total votes--by around 7:30.

[Texaspython 231]

Dallas is lagging a little so far.

[Ghost of LL 15,492]

6 minutes ago, Texaspython said:

Dallas is lagging a little so far.

Dallas sucks.

[4th&Five 41,461]

For the early voters here in Austin. 

 

[JimmyJames 12,271]

4 hours ago, sheeeit said:

lulz.  What point did you imagine in your mind that I was trying to make?  I was laughing at one of the idiot Jimmys.

"Actually it’s Dotard hating. You think any people lined up at 5:00 am in 2016 because they wanted attention? Those people didn’t exist. "

Actually your article did absolutely nothing to disprove what I was saying. But nice try.

[Valmy77 13,094]

Well I voted today. I hope the blue team wins.

[atomheartbevo 89,446]

3 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

I mean, they lost the popular vote.  Not sure that qualifies as "silent majority".

They also couldn't keep Obama out in 2008 and 2012.  And as others said, here in Texas, they are loud as fuck and make sure everybody on social media knows who they are.

Their problem is that they have a definite ceiling here in Texas.  Most of those two million+ new Texas voters over the past few years are not Trump supporters - they didn't sit out 2016 and then all of the sudden discover they liked Trump.

Trump and Co. could be getting those voters out to the poles today, but like I said, they've got a ceiling.  Maybe by tomorrow, we'll have a good picture of what counties here (outside of the Houston/Dallas/Austin/SA areas) are seeing record numbers.

[atomheartbevo 89,446]

3 hours ago, TornACL said:

Before the 2024 general election, we need a fucking opt-out option for all political solicitation texts/emails. 

It is out of fucking control today. I'm getting texts and/or calls every 15 minutes. 

Reply with dick pics.  So far, in the past 48 hours, I've gotten

• 8 threats to report me to the police
• 5 dick pics in return
• 3 pics of boobies!
• 2 invites to go bar hopping
• 1 proposal (sounded like wedding)

[Steamboat1874 4,032]

So I drove by one of the early voting locations today at around 3PM just to see what it was like.

I am in Williamson County and the location is on Old Settlers.

Surprisingly it was only about 6 deep outside the door which means there were about 25 people ahead of end of the line.

Thousands of campaign signs but no issues. I have not voted yet but certainly will this week.

Not sure if the lack of a line is good or bad but since it is Williamson County it might be a good sign for the Blue. 

[atomheartbevo 89,446]

I have no idea who she is, but she gives good advice.

 

[Guest Lobo]

6 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Reply with dick pics.  So far, in the past 48 hours, I've gotten

• 8 threats to report me to the police
• 5 dick pics in return
• 3 pics of boobies!
• 2 invites to go bar hopping
• 1 proposal (sounded like wedding)

What fucking sorority are you housemother to? 

[Pasken 1,309]

Please vote for Props A and B if you are in Austin. It's the best shot we've had for a mass transit plan in 20 years. We are so royally fucked if we don't get started on light rail now with how the population is exploding. 

[Guest Lobo]

Yeah, and 15 years from now...when it's done and 3x budget.  We'll be made in the shade.  I kid, I kid.  My bullshit aside, this is a fair point but we should...in all honesty...break this out into a separate thread.  Even the most anti-Lobo posters would agree...this is a whole 'nother thing that doesn't need to be blended in with Texas voting.  

[staboner 4,959]

checking in from tomorrow. got my voting confirmation yesterday. could only vote senate and POTUS as a overseas Duder. Voted straight D for the first time in my life (I think), which is sadly sad but what we have. happy to see all this activity. 

[Ghost of LL 15,492]

Nope.  Not going to do it.  Not going to vote to give more money to the worst transit agency in the country.

I even agree with the concept.  I agree with adding BRT (though I remain skeptical about rail).  But regardless--I'm absolutely not going to vote for a proposal that gives more money to CapMetro.

[Huckleberry 32,701]

Previous record (2016) was about 68,000.

[Voldemort86 2,259]

1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

Previous record (2016) was about 68,000.

Damn 

[Pancho 44,477]

 128,000 for Harris county per the Harris County Clerk’s twitter. 

[immamac 42,519]

4 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 128,000 for Harris county per the Harris County Clerk’s twitter. 

so almost double the record?

[Guest Lobo]

Yeah, but they were mail-in walk-outs.  

[Ghost of LL 15,492]

Ho-lee Fuck.  That's absolutely incredible.

Now here's the question: does Harris County (and for that matter, other counties) keep it up.  That's 10% of Harris County's entire vote in 2016.  If Harris keeps it up at close to the same pace--i.e., let's say it increases its vote by 25% (which would be incredible)--that would be 177,000 votes for Biden over what Clinton got at Clinton's share of the vote (i.e., assuming that Biden didn't improve on Clinton's share and those incremental voters went 54-42 for Biden).

Trump only beat Clinton by 800,000 votes in Texas.  And Harris County could alone cut significantly into that margin with a strong turnout.