Early Voting Is Up In Potter & Randall

It looks like there is a lot of interest in voting in the 2012 election -- at least here in Amarillo. The county clerks of both Potter and Randall counties (about half of the city lies in both counties) are reporting that the early voting totals for the first four days have topped the early voting totals for that same period in 2008. For Potter county the early vote is up about 9.5%. Randall county is doing even better, with a jump in early voting of about 15% over 2008. Here are the four day totals for both counties:

POTTER COUNTY
2008..........4,342
2012..........4,756
up 9.53%

RANDALL COUNTY
2008..........10,098
2012..........11,641
up 15.28%