By Alexandria Randolph and Glynis Crawford Smith
Highland Lakes Newspapers
The rate of registered voters who have submitted their ballot had jumped to 28 percent by noon Monday, Oct. 31.
Burnet County Elections officials had received 8,251 votes as of Monday morning.
“We have 6,834 that voted in person,” said Burnet County Elections Administrator Doug Ferguson, “and 1,417 mail ballots, plus what came in today – maybe around 100. It's a bunch.”
Ferguson said the turnout has been far beyond previous presidential elections.
“Saturday was a lot quieter day than we've been having, but still the biggest Saturday we've ever had,” he said. “Today feels a lot lighter. It's hard to say what's happening now.”
Ferguson said a total of 1,197 voters cast their ballot on Monday, roughly four percent of registered voters in the county.
