Early voting down in liberal Austin area

Austin American-Statesman:
A deep ballot might be to blame for sluggish early voting, according to a Travis County election official. The county’s turnout thus far is down 33 percent compared to the 2008 election, even while other counties around the state are having record or near-record turnouts.

Among the state’s 15 largest counties, about 1.2 million Texans cast ballots in the first four days of early voting – almost 14 percent of registered voters and about half a percentage point higher than at the same point in the 2008 elections.

Travis County ranked 12th among those 15 counties, with almost 12 percent of its nearly 635,000 registered voters having cast a ballot. During the first four days of early voting in 2008, that figure was nearly 18 percent.

It’s a drop that Williamson and Hays counties haven’t experienced — election officials say turnout this year has been comparable to or better than 2008, with about 15 percent of registered voters in both counties having voted so far. That placed Williamson County fifth among the largest 15 counties. (Hays County wasn’t listed.)
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The length of the ballot is not their problem.  If it were, the voting would not be up nearly everywhere else.  Harris County where Houston is located is setting records for early voting.  It is down in the Austin area because they know Obama is a loser this year. Liberals even lack enthusiasm for him. Williamson County is to the northeast of Travis county.  It is where many of the tech workers for Dell Computer live.

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