Tuesday’s massive turnout should be good news for Democrats, but there are lots of fired up Republicans, too. We’ve got to bring this home, folks. This is our year to turn Texas blue and send trump and Cornyn into retirement.
Early voting runs from October 13 to October 30. Dates and times vary by county. You can call 1-844-TX-VOTES (1-844-898-6837) to find polling places in your county and hours of operation.
If you have any problems voting, call the Democratic Party’s Voter Assistance Hotline. If you have any questions before you head to the polls, call the hotline.
The number is 1-844-TX-VOTES (1-844-898-6837).
Because a voter in Llano County called us yesterday, the county will reprogram all of its voting machines Thursday to display each candidate’s party affiliation.
We also got added security for a polling place in Comal Co., where a jerk stole all of the Democratic party signs from outside a precinct.
“According to the state Democratic Party, over 1 million Texans cast ballots on the first day of early voting.” texastribune.org/2020/10/14/tex…
“Using data from county election supervisors in the state’s largest 10 counties, home to 57% of registered voters in Texas, The Texas Tribune found that at least 425,028 ballots were cast in-person on Tuesday, while at least 224,122 had been sent in by mail.
“The number of absentee ballots is likely to be higher this year than in years prior due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“In 2016, by comparison, 340,006 Texans cast in-person ballots in those 10 counties on the first day of early voting and 157,277 had cast ballots by mail. That year, there was about one week less of early voting.
“From 2016 to 2020, there was a slight increase in first-day turnout in the 10 biggest counties — 5.82% to 6.71%. As of Wednesday, there are 9,678,017 registered voters in those 10 counties.
“The number is subject to change as counties continue to report registered voters to the state.”
“In a statement, the Texas Democratic Party cheered the sheer number of Texans going to the polls and took it as a sign that the state may be in play later this fall.
“‘Across our state, Texas Democrats are fired up, voting, and ready to win,’ said Gilberto Hinojosa, the party’s chair. ‘The first day of early voting was great but we still know that there is a lot of work to do and plenty of votes to be cast.’”
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“Seeking an 11th-hour campaign reset, Trump has apparently decided that the key to reversing his political fortunes is for him to be everywhere, all the time—on the debate stage, on television, online—until November 3.
“What he seems unable or unwilling to see, though, is that this over-saturation only seems to make the stability and normalcy Biden represents more attractive.
“‘He’s just so angry all the time,’ a Michigan woman said of Trump in a Politico dispatch Wednesday on his worsening poll numbers in the swing state. ‘I really believe that he brings out the worst in people, the worst in situations.’”
“The president's all-out blitz to save his campaign seems to be sending people right to Joe Biden.” vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/t…
“It may be difficult to recall, but there was a time—not so long ago, in fact—when Donald Trump was not the main character in the 24-hour news cycle day after agonizing day.
“Sure, he’d crop up from time to time on Page Six, or get attention on Fox News for some new birther claim. But until about five years ago, Americans’ daily lives didn’t revolve entirely around the outrages and neuroses of a deranged former game show host.
Are there any GOP politicians or campaign operatives with any sense at all? Haven’t they figured out trump is a one trick pony and an absolute political idiot?
“Less than three weeks before Election Day, President Trump’s lack of a consistent and coherent closing argument is alarming some Republicans, raising fears among his allies that his undisciplined approach to campaigning could render him a one-term president.
“In the final stretch of the race, a trio of long-standing challenges have converged to create a daunting barrier to Trump’s reelection:
“With less than three weeks to go before Nov. 3, more than 14 million Americans have already voted in the fall election, reflecting an extraordinary level of participation despite barriers erected by the coronavirus pandemic …
“— and setting a trajectory that could result in the majority of voters casting ballots before Election Day for the first time in U.S. history,” the Washington Post reports.
“The Labor Department announced in a news release Tuesday night that Secretary Eugene Scalia’s wife, Trish, has tested positive for coronavirus,” CNN reports.
“Both Eugene and Trish Scalia attended the Rose Garden event where President Donald Trump announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett was his pick to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.
“They were seated in the second row, directly behind first lady Melania Trump and next to former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway — both of whom would later test positive for Covid-19.” politicalwire.com/2020/10/13/lab…
“Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the only justice to note dissent.
‘The harms caused by rushing this year’s census count are irreparable,’ she wrote. ‘And respondents will suffer their lasting impact for at least the next 10 years.’
“‘This decision will result in irreversible damage to the 2020 Census,’ said Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.