Shocking Turnout For First Day Of Early Voting In Houston
Source: Houston Chronicle
By Jeremy Wallace, Houston Chronicle, 1 hr. ago.
Thousands of people were already camped out at a key early voting location in Houston on Monday morning, hours before voting was even set to begin.
Nearly 2,000 people stood in line outside of the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center on West Gray near River Oaks in a scene that looked more like a Black Friday shopping morning.
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"This is one of the most important elections of our lifetimes," said Cody Pogue, who arrived at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday to make sure he'd be one of the first people to cast a ballot for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke.
Just moments later, O'Rourke was across the street firing up his supporters with a bullhorn. "Are y'all ready?" O'Rourke said to a cascade of cheers. "Houston, I love you." - More...
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One local, Karen Bard, was in line to vote more than an hour before the polls opened. She said she doesn't normally vote in midterms, but O'Rourke changed that and that "it's not about me, it's about my kids."
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Get the urban areas out - Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, etc.
And this is just sad -
THAT is why Texas went "red".
And she needs to vote EVERY year, not just every 4 years or every 2 years so she can start having a say for what happens in her state and city - even if the person you wanted loses... at least you made the attempt because the next time, it just might happen.
But because we see this every time - begging, cajoling, scaring people to vote, then the next year, they are "exhausted" and you don't see them again, so hopefully we can get people into the habit.
