Early voting began in Texas today.  By 1:00 today, 50,000 people had voted in blue Harris County (think Houston).

You can vote anywhere in Harris County and check out this map of how long the wait is at each polling place.  They have a new Democratic elections administrator who is doing a great job so far.

My county – Fort Bend – is a disaster because the machines weren’t working.  Our election administrator is totally incompetent. He was hired by the Republicans and they have an ingrained ability to pick incompetent people.  The good news is that he might as well hand in his resignation the day the votes are canvassed because Democrats will pick the next elections administrator.

I’m feeling good about Texas voting right now.  We have registered 1.8 million new voters since 2016 and 585,156 since September 1st. Analysis from targetsmart shows that 60% of these voters are either under the age of 25 or people of color, groups that lean Democratic.

Hearing anything in your area?

UPDATE:  Harris County voted 67,000 in 2016 on the first day of early voting.  Today they voted 128,000 with an hour still left to vote.  FINAL First day in Harris County 169,517.  I am stunned.