According to Tom Bonier, CEO of TargetSmart, national voter registration has hit a new high for this election; now at 200,081,377. As of Nov 1, more than 25 million voters nationwide have cast a ballot. This bodes well for election results since in 2012, while 76 percent of voters said they “would definitely vote,” only 57 percent actually did. With a week to go, already one in eight citizens have done so.
Early voting is actually a return to the way our Founders did it. Voting took place over several days so rural voters had time to travel to town and county courthouses to cast ballots. Bad weather, flooding waters or impassable roads would not prevent voters entirely from voting on a single day.
Since the early 1990s, voters who cast their ballots nationally, prior to Election Day, has steadily risen from less than a tenth to about a third. By November 1, nearly 40 percent of registered voters in Williamson County have already done so. Georgetown early voters are just over 25,000 so far.
According to Michael P. McDonald, Associate Professor, University of Florida, most early voters cast an absentee ballot due to deployment or other uncontrolled circumstances, or choose to do so because they have decided whom they will support. The earliest voters generally follow politics closely and will not be swayed by new information.
Polling locations will change for Election Day. Visit TeamRV-mvp.sos.texas.gov to check your registration status and the closest polling place.
- Central Maint. Fac.—3151 SE Inner Loop
- Cowan Creek—1433 Cool Spring Way
- Estrella Oaks—4011 Williams Drive
- 1st Baptist Church—1333 W University Avenue
- GISD Admin Bldg—603 Lakeway Drive
- Parks and Rec—1101 N College Street
- Main St Baptist—111 W 10th Street
- San Gabriel Presbyterian—5404 Williams Drive
- Sun City Social Center—2 Texas Drive
- Caring Place Annex—2001 Railroad Street
- WilCo Inner Loop Annex—301 SE Inner Loop
