Texas voter turnout falls in 2024 election despite record registration numbers

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the 2024 general election at the Esperanza Acosta Memorial Library. Voters waited in line in upwards of two hours on Election Day. (Credit: Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribune)

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More Texans registered to vote in the 2024 November elections than ever before, but turnout lagged behind the most recent presidential race, especially in the state’s most populous urban counties that Democrats hoped to dominate by centering issues such as abortion and the state of democracy.