Nearly 30% of Harris County’s 2.7 million voters fulfilled their civic duty, either in person or by mail, during the first full week of early voting.

According to unofficial results from the Texas Secretary of State, 686,935 people participated in early voting last week. So far, 41,992 residents have also voted by postal vote, meaning a total of 728,927 votes were cast throughout the district.

This is a Harris County record for the number of votes cast in person during the first week of early voting, surpassing the previous record set in 2020 by 58,161 votes. It’s also a record for the number of mail-in ballots: Just over 7,000 more mail-in ballots were received in the first week than in 2020. That’s about 27% of the county’s registered voters.

Montgomery County

In the first week of early voting in Montgomery County, 127,670 people voted. An additional 8,887 mail-in ballots have already been received by the Montgomery County Election Administration Office. A total of 135,557 votes have been cast in this county so far – an increase of over 40,000 compared to 2020. That’s about 30% of the county’s registered voters.

Fort Bend County

Fort Bend County voters also broke the first week’s record with a total of 179,052 early and mail-in ballots cast within the first seven days. In 2020, 141,481 people had voted by mail or in person by the end of the seventh day. To date, 173,837 people have voted in person and 5,215 mail-in ballots have been received. This represents about 32% of the county’s registered voters.

Galveston County

So far in Galveston County, 13,164 more people have voted – either by mail or in person – in the first seven days of early voting this year compared to 2020. 83,894 people voted in person and 4,032 people voted by mail.

Statewide, 5.4 million Texans voted last week. 5.1 million voted in person at an early polling station and over 270,000 mail-in ballots have already been delivered. That represents about 30% of the 18.6 million registered voters in Texas.

Early voting ends November 1st and the last day to request an absentee ballot was October 25th. Election day is November 5th and mail-in ballots must be postmarked by November 5th at the latest.

All 2024 early voting numbers are unofficial numbers sent to the Secretary of State by county election officials. Official figures will only be announced after the election.