Register U+2 Results Are In! Travis County Voter Registration Reaches Over 81,600 New Voters

Get Involved! U+2 Campaign Seeks Volunteers

The October 9, 2012 deadline to register for the November 6 Presidential Election resulted in 81,624 new registered voters for a total of 634,931 registered voters. This brings the percentage of eligible citizens who are registered to vote to 81.48%.

"Efforts to register Travis County citizens through our Register U+2 campaign have encouraged everyone to get involved in registering voters,” said Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar, Tina Morton. “We would especially like to thank all our Volunteer Deputy Registrars who worked long hours to reach out and register voters, along with citizens who took the time to pass along voter registration applications to friends and family members."

Travis County Voter Registration Facts as of October 22, 2012

• Number of Volunteer Deputy Registrars: 2,256
• Number of substation locations offering VR applications: 259
• Percentage of applications from DPS/Agencies: 41%
• Percentage of applications from VDRs/In Person: 26%
• Percentage of Mailed applications: 32%
• Percentage of Online applications: 1%
• Number of New registered voters since 1/1/2012: 81,624
• Number of citizens of Voting Age in Travis County (VAP): 779,229
• Number of registered voters in Travis County, October 2012: 634,931
• % of Registered voters in Travis County, October 2012: 81.48%

Percentage of registered voters in other metro areas, Jan 2012

1. Statewide Average (as reported by the Secretary of State January, 2012): 12,908,255 - 71%
2. Dallas 1,104,298 - 64%
3. Harris 1,884,489 - 64%
4. Tarrant 914,504 - 70%
5. Bexar 864,431 - 69%
6. Travis 585,821 - 75%
7. El Paso 368,476 - 66%

For additional information about voter registration statistics, go to http://www.traviscountytax.org/goVotersStatistics.do.

Last Modified: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:41 AM