Tarrant County Seeing High Turnout Of Early Voters For May 1 Election

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

April 24, 2021

Early voters in Tarrant County are turning out at a record pace for a spring local election, drawn by a collection of big races and after a year that has drawn more attention to local government decisions.

During the first four days of early voting, 28,670 voters were recorded at voting centers, nearly 70% higher than the 17,180 who voted during the same time period in 2019.

Mail in ballots were also trending higher, with the 5,093 already returned closing in on the total of 5,888 that came back two years ago.

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