Just as worthy of observation and question as stats and stripes in the sky - are how many times my overly eager Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis sent out a emails before, during, and after early voting with the tag: URGENT - LOW VOTER TURNOUT. He was eager to move citizens to go vote. He was aware of, informed about, and focused on the numbers for sure... .
And then Ms. Hudspeth, our Harris County elections clerk - spoke with Click2Houston on Dec. 5th and gave a public, published comment upon the Early Vote count - that she was surprised that the average age of those who voted thus far was "much older than the average for registered voters." If that is not a coded message to young progressives that they needed to get out and Vote on the final Saturday -- then what is it?
Or maybe she simply did a great job of registering voters at her church and in the neighboring communities and moved "souls to the polls". The photos on her church website for their Election Ministry features predominately older people. I think "souls to the polls" is great (are you registering both Democrats and Republicans?). And I am all for "Election Ministries" at churches. I think more Harris County citizens should be registered to vote and educated on sound principles of civics and our duties.
BUT releasing numbers, stats, or any information about voters PRIOR TO THE END OF THE ELECTION and close of polls on final day, sounds like shades of Election Interference to me... .
HOUSTON – Harris County early voting data shows the average age of the in-person early voters trends older than previous Houston runoff elections, according to Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth. The data reports that 90,918 people voted early as of Dec. 3 for the Dec. 9 Joint Runoff Election.
Hudspeth said an analysis conducted at the end of last week of the city of Houston voting roster shows that the average age of in-person early voters is about 62 years old.
“That will fluctuate a bit once all ballots are cast for this election,” she said. “Still, the average age of the voters is a little older than in previous Houston Runoff Elections and significantly older than the average age of the registered voter population, which is 47.”
Just as worthy of observation and question as stats and stripes in the sky - are how many times my overly eager Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis sent out a emails before, during, and after early voting with the tag: URGENT - LOW VOTER TURNOUT. He was eager to move citizens to go vote. He was aware of, informed about, and focused on the numbers for sure... .
And then Ms. Hudspeth, our Harris County elections clerk - spoke with Click2Houston on Dec. 5th and gave a public, published comment upon the Early Vote count - that she was surprised that the average age of those who voted thus far was "much older than the average for registered voters." If that is not a coded message to young progressives that they needed to get out and Vote on the final Saturday -- then what is it?
Or maybe she simply did a great job of registering voters at her church and in the neighboring communities and moved "souls to the polls". The photos on her church website for their Election Ministry features predominately older people. I think "souls to the polls" is great (are you registering both Democrats and Republicans?). And I am all for "Election Ministries" at churches. I think more Harris County citizens should be registered to vote and educated on sound principles of civics and our duties.
BUT releasing numbers, stats, or any information about voters PRIOR TO THE END OF THE ELECTION and close of polls on final day, sounds like shades of Election Interference to me... .
HOUSTON – Harris County early voting data shows the average age of the in-person early voters trends older than previous Houston runoff elections, according to Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth. The data reports that 90,918 people voted early as of Dec. 3 for the Dec. 9 Joint Runoff Election.
Hudspeth said an analysis conducted at the end of last week of the city of Houston voting roster shows that the average age of in-person early voters is about 62 years old.
“That will fluctuate a bit once all ballots are cast for this election,” she said. “Still, the average age of the voters is a little older than in previous Houston Runoff Elections and significantly older than the average age of the registered voter population, which is 47.”
Primary source:
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/12/05/early-voting-data-shows-average-age-of-voters-in-houston-runoff-elections-is-older-than-previous-elections/
It's been crazy lately! Every single day, and especially TODAY, I've seen at least 4 planes spraying just this AM!