TYLER, Texas — Editor's Note: This video was made on Sept. 20, 2022.
Voters across East Texas are turning out to the polls as early voting for the Nov. 8 election began Monday.
In Smith County, 5,089 people have voted in-person and 1,277 have voted absentee for a total of 6,366, according to election numbers.
More numbers came in on Tuesday where six polling locations had 5,052 people ballots casted in-person. The Smith County Elections Office received 265 absentee mail-in ballots on Tuesday. The total votes cast so far, which includes in-person and mail-in ballots, is 11,683.
In Gregg County, 2,735 voters came out to the polls on Monday. As of noon Tuesday, the total is now at 4,024 check ins for early voting for a 5% turnout, the election date shows.
The Gregg County Elections Office said over 1,500 mail ballots have been sent out so far.
In Nacogdoches County, 1,172 residents voted in-person at the Courthouse Annex on Monday. In comparison, 1,640 voted at the annex on the first day of early voting in 2020 and 1,642 voted in the 2018 election, according to the Nacogdoches County Elections Office.
As of Tuesday, 693 mail ballots have been received with no missing information and 20 mail ballots came in but were sent back to voters for corrections. A total of 360 mail ballots have been sent but not yet returned, according to Nacogdoches County election numbers.
In Wood County, a total of 2,277 residents voted in-person the first two days. 952 residents voted on Monday and 1,325 residents voted on Tuesday.