More than 40,000 Webb County voters have cast ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 joint general election, according to unofficial totals released by the Webb County Elections Administration. Election officials recorded 40,202 total votes through Thursday, Oct. 29, across 14 polling locations and mail-in ballots.
In-person voting accounted for 39,394 ballots, and 808 voters returned mail-in ballots. The Laredo Fire Department administrative site led countywide turnout with 12,246 in-person voters, which the report said was nearly a third of all walk-in ballots cast so far. McKendrick Library followed with 5,120 votes, and the City Hall Annex had 5,030 voters.
The joint general election includes contested races and ballot propositions for Webb County, the City of Laredo, Laredo College, and area school districts, including Laredo ISD, United ISD and Webb Consolidated ISD. Early voting ends Friday, Oct. 30. Polls reopen on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3.