Early Voting In Panhandle About Equal To 2006

The early voting totals are up in many areas of the state over the numbers shown in 2006, but here in the Panhandle it's about the same.   Voters up here are not exactly beating down the doors to vote early.   County Clerks for both Potter and Randall counties (Amarillo area) say they are on track to finish with about the same number of early voters as in the 2006 election.   Here's how it stands after the first four days of early voting:

Potter County...............2,567 (5% of total registered voters)

Randall County...............4,550 (6% of total registered voters)

Meanwhile, the vote in the largest 15 Texas counties seems to be up after the first four days in most of them.   Here are the percentages (with 2006 in parentheses):

Harris..........7.14% (2.26%)
Dallas..........6.20% (3.81%)
Tarrant..........5.49% (3.77%)
Bexar..........7.11% (4.52%)
Travis..........7.41% (4.50%)
Collin..........5.71% (3.52%)
El Paso..........3.63% (3.30%)
Denton..........4.98% (3.16%)
Fort Bend..........8.27% (3.48%)
Hidalgo..........6.84% (2.41%)
Montgomery..........8.23% (3.71%)
Williamson..........7.64% (4.46%)
Nueces..........6.49% (5.76%)
Galveston..........10.47% (4.92%)
Cameron..........5.02% (3.78%)