More than 1 in 5 Kerr County voters cast ballots in first four days of early voting

More than one in five Kerr County voters have already cast ballots in the Nov. 3 general election, and the county ranks near the top of the state in early turnout.

Through Thursday, 8,591 Kerr County voters had voted early in person, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s office. That’s 21.61% of the county’s 39,762 registered voters. At the same point in the 2022 midterm, 16.4% had voted.

More than 1 in 5 Kerr County voters has already voted

Share of registered voters who voted early in person, first four days

2022Same point

16.4%

2026Through Thursday

21.6%

Source: Texas Secretary of State; Kerr County Elections Office. Graphic: The Kerr County Lead. In-person early voters only; mail ballots not included.

Ahead of 2022, but the gap is narrowing

Turnout has run ahead of 2022 every day this week, though by smaller margins as the week has gone on:

• Monday: 2,538 voters, up 43% from the first day in 2022
• Tuesday: 2,328, up 39%
• Wednesday: 2,041, up 34%
• Thursday: 1,683, up 16%

Through four days, turnout is 34% ahead of the 2022 pace.

Tracking the 2026 pace against 2022

Kerr County in-person early voters by day of the 12-day early voting period

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2026: Mon 2,538 · Tue 2,328 · Wed 2,041 · Thu 1,683
2022, same days: 1,772 · 1,671 · 1,521 · 1,451

Source: Texas Secretary of State; Kerr County Elections Office. Graphic: The Kerr County Lead. 2026 Days 1-2 from the county; Days 3-4 from the state.

Among the highest in Texas

Among Texas’ 100 largest counties, only Llano County had higher in-person turnout through Thursday. Llano was at 25.68%. Statewide, in-person turnout was 13.82%.

Hill Country counties hold five of the top seven spots, including Burnet (20.95%), Gillespie (19.86%) and Kendall (19.63%).

Several counties across the state had not fully reported their numbers, and mail ballots are not included in these rankings.

Kerr County ranks second in early turnout

In-person turnout through Thursday among Texas’ 100 largest counties

Hill CountryStatewide: 13.82%

Llano

25.68%

Kerr

21.61%

Burnet

20.95%

Hays

19.87%

Gillespie

19.86%

Williamson

19.72%

Kendall

19.63%

Source: Texas Secretary of State, through Oct. 22. Several counties had not fully reported; mail ballots not included. Graphic: The Kerr County Lead

Measuring up to past elections

The 8,591 ballots cast in four days already equal about 64% of all 13,426 ballots cast in Kerr County’s March primary, early voting and Election Day combined.

They’re also about 60% of the 14,249 early in-person votes cast in Kerr County during all of early voting in 2022, according to official county results. In that election, 22,604 Kerr County voters cast ballots, for turnout of 57.86%.

Two years ago, in the 2024 presidential election, 28,347 Kerr County voters cast ballots, for turnout of 70.76%. More than 22,700 of them voted early in person, and just 4,135 voted on Election Day.

How far Kerr County has come

Ballots cast so far compared with recent elections

2026 so farFour days of early voting

8,591

March 2026 primaryAll ballots, both parties

13,426

2022 early, in personAll 12 days

14,249

2022 total57.86% turnout

22,604

2024 early, in personAll 12 days

22,774

2024 total70.76% turnout

28,347

Source: Kerr County official election results (2022, 2024) and unofficial primary results (2026); Texas Secretary of State (2026 early voting). Graphic: The Kerr County Lead

Voting continues

Early voting continues through Friday, Oct. 30. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.