Frisco | October 2022

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Sans 2014, Texas shows steady voter growth since 2012 COMPILED BY HANNAH NORTON Data for the last ve election cycles shows high growth in registered voters and the percentage of those who voted between 2012 and 2020. The numbers in the Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin metros have grown in the three presidential elections. Mid-term elections had the lowest voter turnout in 2014, while the midterm election in 2018 was 20%-30% higher than the 2014 election. In order to vote in the Nov. 8 general election, Texans must register to vote or update their infor- mation by Oct. 11.

VOTER ELIGIBILITY According to the Texas Secretary of State’s Oce, an eligible voter must:

New voters can ll out an application online and mail it to their county’s election oce. All applications must be postmarked by Oct. 11. Texans can also register to vote when obtaining, renewing, replacing or updating their Texas driver’s license or ID card. On Nov. 8, voters must bring one of seven forms of identication to the polls. These include:

be a United States citizen; be a resident of the county where they submit their application; be at least 18 years old on Election Day; not be a convicted felon (although some felons may be eligible to vote upon completion of their sentence, probation and parole); and have not been determined to be totally or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote by a court exercising probate jurisdiction.

• Texas driver’s license • Texas election ID certicate • Texas personal ID card • Texas handgun license

• U.S. citizenship certicate • U.S. military ID card • U.S. passport

For more information about Texas’ voter identication law, visit www.votetexas.gov.

VOTER TURNOUT

Percent of registered voters who voted in the election Percent point change

DALLAS DALLAS COUNTY

DENTON COUNTY

TARRANT COUNTY

COLLIN COUNTY

60.42%

66.15%

62.73%

74.41%

63.44%

70.75%

65.88%

76.02%

5.73

11.68

7.31

10.14

AUSTIN

SAN ANTONIO

HOUSTON

TRAVIS COUNTY

BEXAR COUNTY

HARRIS COUNTY

GALVESTON COUNTY

71.06%

65.08%

68.14%

67.87%

61.66%

56.54%

61.99%

NA*

9.4

8.54

6.15

WILLIAMSON COUNTY

GUADALUPE COUNTY

FORT BEND COUNTY

WALLER COUNTY

75.64%

69.68%

73.62%

75%

64.83%

62.89%

65.19%

54.3%

10.81

6.99

8.43

20.7

HAYS COUNTY

COMAL COUNTY

BRAZORIA COUNTY

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

71.58%

76.87%

68.61%

73.24%

60.43%

NA*

57.51%

66.1%

11.15

11.1

7.14

*COUNTY DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS YEAR

SOURCES: TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE, COUNTY CLERKS FOR EACH NAMED COUNTYCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

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