Turnout for early voting is running high. The state estimates a quarter of a million voters have already cast their ballots for the October 12 primary.
Numbers are already running 18,000 votes above the total all who participated in early voting in the 2015 election.
“When chronic voters turn out heavy that could lead to additional voters turning out on election day," says Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin. "So we are going to watch it very closely."
Drilling down into the data, JMC Analytics reports higher than expected Republican voter turnout.
Why are so many taking advantage of early voting this year? The answer could be: Football.
A number of high profile college football games are scheduled for election day, October 12.
Ardoin says at this point they aren’t sure what exactly is driving the massive surge in turnout but they’re glad it’s happening and he hopes everyone remembers to grab their “I Voted” sticker.




