Kerr County early vote passes March primary turnout

Kerr County voters have cast more ballots in eight days of early voting than they did in the entire March primary.

Through Monday, 13,807 Kerr County voters had cast ballots, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s office: 12,746 in person and 1,061 by mail. That’s 34.72% of the county’s 39,762 registered voters. The March 3 primary drew 13,426 voters, counting early voting and Election Day.

On Monday, 1,283 Kerr County voters cast ballots in person, up 20% from the second Monday of early voting in 2022. Through eight days, in-person turnout is running 35% ahead of the 2022 midterm.

Daily turnout so far, compared with the same day in 2022:

• Monday, Oct. 19: 2,538, up 43%
• Tuesday, Oct. 20: 2,328, up 39%
• Wednesday, Oct. 21: 2,046, up 35%
• Thursday, Oct. 22: 1,693, up 17%
• Friday, Oct. 23: 1,704, up 14%
• Saturday, Oct. 24: 783, up 66%
• Sunday, Oct. 25: 371. No ballots were cast on the corresponding Sunday in 2022.
• Monday, Oct. 26: 1,283, up 20%

The ballots cast so far equal:

• 61% of the 22,604 ballots cast in the entire 2022 general election
• 89% of the early ballots cast during all of early voting in 2022

Near the top in Texas

Among Texas’ 100 largest counties, only Llano County (39.70%) had higher early turnout than Kerr County through Monday. Kerr County (34.72%) leads a tight group of Hill Country and Central Texas counties:

• Burnet: 33.89%
• Williamson: 33.77%
• Gillespie: 33.69%
• Kendall: 33.60%

Some counties, including Bandera and Medina, had not reported Monday totals.

Statewide, early turnout reached 25.99%, with about 4.95 million ballots cast. That’s 90% of the state’s total early vote in 2022. Texas is on pace to pass its 2022 early-voting total later this week.

Turnout by precinct

According to county early voting rosters, Commissioners Court Precinct 2 had the highest in-person early turnout of the county’s four precincts through Monday:

• Precinct 2: 34.6%
• Precinct 4: 34.3%
• Precinct 1: 32.3%
• Precinct 3: 28.8%

Among voting precincts, turnout was highest in precinct 220, which includes the Riverhill and Comanche Trace neighborhoods, where 48.5% of registered voters had voted early in person. Precinct 303 was next at 44.0%, followed by 405 at 38.7%. Turnout was lowest in precincts 314 (21.2%) and 118 (21.9%).

Voting continues

Early voting continues through Friday, Oct. 30. In 2022, turnout jumped on the final day of early voting, when 1,590 Kerr County voters cast ballots. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The Lead will continue to update early voting numbers daily.