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Denton County voters cast 398,496 ballots, the most in a midterm since at least 2018

The Daily Flower Mound teamFrom today’s edition · 1 min read · 2 sources

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If you voted Tuesday, you were part of a crowd. Denton County voters cast 398,496 ballots in the midterm, the highest number in a midterm since at least 2018. That's 57.3% of the registered voters in the fast-growing county.

More than half of Denton County's registered voters cast ballots

57.3%of Denton County's 695,512 registered voters voted

Source: Denton Record-Chronicle

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of Denton County's 695,512 registered voters voted57.3%
  • Registered voters: 695,512, about 86,900 more than four years ago
  • Ballots counted: in-person, mail-in and provisional
  • Versus 2022: 25.1% more ballots

Plenty of you waited for it. WFAA reported 45-minute waits in Denton and Collin counties as polls closed, and footage from the University of North Texas showed massive lines on campus filled with students waiting to vote.

45 minuteswaits at some Denton and Collin county polling sites

WFAA reported the waits as polls closed Tuesday night.

Source: WFAA

Sources: Denton Record-Chronicle, WFAA

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