| Looks like we're headed for one of the lowest turnout primaries in Texas in a decade. The Statesman has a morning report.
New electronic voting machines in Caldwell County might provide the most excitement in Central Texas on this primary election day.
Election officials there as well as in Travis, Williamson and Hays counties reported slow, uneventful mornings at area polling places.
Except for a few no-show election volunteers, Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir voting has gone remarkably smoothly.
The Secretary of State projected 13% overall turnout for both primaries. I think that's high and would project more like 10% and it's (as we have already seen), going to be regionally based. For Republicans it's going to be the Leininger 5 districts, SBOE, and SD-7-like areas. For Democrats, it's the SD-19/CD-28 triangle between Laredo, San Antonio, and El Paso.
I'd project maybe 15,000 votes to be cast here in Travis County today giving us around 23,000 total votes, down from 44,000 in 2004. Statewide, me bets are on a Dem turnout between 500,000 and 600,000 total votes.
The big question is who will win the next Champion of the Republic award for voter turnout? Is this election even one in which they are awarded?
(If you'd like to see a picture of Gammage with UDems last night, check the extended entry. I'm holding up the left side of the banner in yellow.) |
