Daily Dispatch 10/30/24: Harris County Closes On 1 Million Early Votes, And More
Episode description
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
As early voting continues, Harris County closes in on one million early votes cast, while the top 5 most populous Texas counties remain under 40% turnout, and some Hill Country counties top 50%: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/historical/index.shtml
NBC News still shows very few Texans under 40 showing up so far - less than 10% have been under 30: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/texas-results
Following the lead of Dallas County, Travis County has extended the operating hours of several polling locations for the last couple of early voting days: https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/extended-early-voting-hours-locations-travis-county-austin-texas-locations/269-10b2abd1-dbaa-4365-b287-276def12e0ab
Harris County has done the same: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/10/29/504482/harris-county-official-answers-voters-questions-halloween-early-voting-hours-extended/
A Bush family endorsement for Kamala Harris comes from George W. Bush's daughter Barbara Pierce Bush: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958962-barbara-pierce-bush-endorses-harris/
One Texan booted from our voter rolls under suspicion of being undocumented is a hardcore Trump backer from Montgomery County: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/29/texas-noncitizen-voter-roll-removal-mary-howard-elley/
Propublica highlights the tragic and needless death of Josseli Barnica, who was allowed by her doctors to contract a fatal infection as a result of a failed pregnancy in 2021: https://www.propublica.org/article/josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage-texas-abortion-ban
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See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025
...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration
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