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Early voting is over: 47.20%.
Good morning, Austin.
The Briefing
Early voting is over: 47.20%.
Through Friday, Oct. 30, the last day of early voting, 447,689 people had voted, 47.20% of the county's 948,575 registered voters, according to the county's unofficial totals. That's 427,412 in-person early votes, 3,484 limited ballots and 16,793 mail ballots received. Friday brought 49,398 voters, the most of any day except opening Monday, Oct. 19 (49,987, which included 9,170 mail ballots).
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and you can vote at any polling site in Travis County; the county has posted its Election Day site list. Vote Travis election page.
What's next: Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Sources: Travis County unofficial early voting totals through Oct. 30 (PDF), Election Day sites (PDF), Vote Travis election page
City Desk
Public safety & courts
Three people died in Austin traffic crashes Thursday
Austin police reported three fatal crashes on Thursday, Oct. 29. At about 2:17 a.m., a driver hit a pedestrian in the parking lot at 9511 N. Lamar Blvd. and left without stopping; the pedestrian died at the scene.
Oct 29 At about 6:51 p.m., a vehicle hit a person on a bicycle in the 8400 block of Loyola Lane; that person died at the scene, and the vehicle's occupants stayed and are cooperating, police said. At about 10:37 p.m., a vehicle and a motorcycle collided in the 10200 block of Menchaca Road; the motorcycle's 17-year-old driver died at the scene, and the other driver stayed and is cooperating. Police count these as the city's 71st, 72nd and 73rd fatal crashes of 2026, with 75 deaths so far this year; by the same date in 2025 there had been 80 fatal crashes and 84 deaths. Anyone with information can call the Austin Police Department's (APD) Vehicular Homicide Unit at 512-974-8111.
APD: N. Lamar · APD: Loyola Lane · APD: Menchaca RoadGrowth & infrastructure
No new closures or openings today
City Hall & county
Friday was the busiest in-person day: 17%.
On Friday, Oct. 30, 47,716 people voted in person at county sites, the most of any day of early voting and 17% more than the 40,777 who voted on opening day. Limited ballots also peaked Friday at 1,070, nearly a third of the 3,484 cast over the whole period.
Oct 30 Across the two weeks, the second Monday-through-Friday drew 185,372 in-person voters, 93% of the first week's 198,853, with Friday's surge closing most of the gap. Ben Hur Shrine Center finished with the most in-person voters of any site, 17,896, followed by Bee Cave City Hall at 17,212 and PfISD Rock Gym at 15,686.
Bulletin calculation from the county's daily totals through Oct. 30 (PDF)
county's daily totals through Oct. 30 (PDF)The Back Page
Polls are open Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
One Good Thing: You can vote at any polling site in Travis County on Tuesday. Vote Travis election page