HOUSTON — Early voting in the November 5 general election is off to a record start in the state of Texas.
On Monday — the first day of early voting — the Texas Secretary of State’s Office reported that more than 870,000 Texans voted in person. That’s just shy of 4.7 percent of all registered voters in Texas.
Monday’s early voting totals eclipsed the previous high in the state of 755,172 votes cast on the first day of early voting. That happened back in the November general election of 2020. That year, 4.45 percent of registered voters showed up in person on the first day of early voting…