As of Saturday night, early voting numbers for Travis County show about 3 percent of registered voters had cast ballots in runoffs for mayor and City Council seats in districts 3, 5 and 9. In Williamson County, that number was 1.45 percent. Altogether, 19,263 voters had weighed in on their choices for the Dec. 13 election. The Ben Hur Shrine Center, always a popular early voting location, has seen the most voters with 2,814 ballots cast, followed by the Balcones Woods Shopping Center with 1,873, the Austin Oaks Church with 1,580 and Southpark Meadows with 1,421. Travis County also reported receiving 2,257 mail ballots. Early voting continues through Friday at 17 different locations. Check out your options here.
Jo Clifton is the Politics Editor for the Austin Monitor. More by Jo Clifton