State sets record for number of registered voters

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Texas set a record with the number of people registered to vote, according to Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos.
“If you want to vote you must be registered, so it’s good to see that so many Texans are preparing for this November’s election,” Cascos said.
As of Thursday, the number of registered voters is 15,015,700. That is about 78 percent of Texas’ estimated voting age population of 19,307,355.
Voting age population estimates include Texans who may not be eligible to vote, such as non-citizens or convicted felons who have not yet fully discharged their sentence.
Thursday’s number represents a preliminary estimate of voters who will be registered for the election. The number will likely increase as last-minute applications continue to be processed during the next few days.
The Scurry County Clerk’s Office was entering information Thursday.
In the last presidential election, Texas had 13,646,226 registered voters, or 75 percent of the voting age population. In 2008, the number was 13,575,062, or roughly 77 percent of the voting age population.