One week from Election Day, Texans are voting 'by the millions'

A line of voters stretches along the sidewalk outside of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center on the first day of early voting, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
A line of voters stretches along the sidewalk outside of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center on the first day of early voting, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo credit Angela Piazza/Caller-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Nearly 6 million Texans have voted early in the general election, according to data from the Secretary of State's office.

That figure represents nearly one-third of the 18,623,931 registered voters in the state.

"We're trying to compare presidential to presidential, it's hard to get that, but what we are seeing is that Texans are going to the polls literally by the millions," Assistant Secretary of State for Communications Alicia Pierce said.

She added it was hard to compare this year's vote to the 2020 presidential election due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In North Texas, Keller has been among the busiest early voting locations -- specifically at the city's town hall.

"There's two things that are happening at the same time, one is that Keller is the fastest growing area in Tarrant County," political consultant Craig Murphy told KRLD's media partner NBC DFW. "Every time you have Trump on the ballot, you tend to have record-breaking turnout. Both sides are very moved to go and vote."

Collectively, 387,186 people have voted early in Tarrant County, 416,507 in Dallas County, 300,850 in Collin County, and 274,522 in Denton County.

Early voting ends on Friday.

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