Nearly 69,000 of all early voters in Dallas County mailed in ballots or cast them in person ahead of the general election.
That might seem like a lot, but it's less than 5% of all registered voters in Dallas County.
And more than a quarter of them waited until the last day of early voting to get to the .
Usually early voters range from 5 to 6% of all votes for local spring time elections, according to Lauren Trimble, Chief of Staff for County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins.
Denton County has numbers.
"Local elections are very important," Jenkins said. "It's where the rubber meets the road. It's public safety. ...City council districts determine who the city manager is, what the priorities are for police.
"And of course, our school board races are very important," Jenkins said. "They determine the direction that our public schools will take, which is important not only for kids in the public school but for our workforce in the next few years when those kids become adults and are in the workforce."
All other 1.3 million Dallas County voters get another chance when polls reopen at 7 a.m. this Saturday, May 3.
Countywide voting allows voters to cast ballots at any polling location, which close at 7 p.m. Saturday.
School board and city council spots are up for grabs .
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