Minutes after polls opened for early voting in Travis County, voters reported long lines and wait times.
Voting booths opened at 7 a.m. and by 7:15 a.m., at least 11 of them had wait times of 20 minutes or more, according to the Travis County Clerk’s wait time map. Three more voting locations had a wait of 10 to 20 minutes.
Plenty of voting spots still had short waits at 7:15 a.m., including Austin Central Library, Austin Recreation Center and Dittmar Recreation Center.
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The wait time map can be found online: https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/elections/current-election.html.
The voting line at Shady Hollow Village Shopping Center, at the intersection of Brodie Lane and Slaughter Lane, snaked from the new polling place near JuiceLand on the north end of the shopping center to the Whataburger on the far south end.
The line continues to grow, voters said. Voters had on face masks and two women were passing out water and snacks to those in line.
Temperatures were a cool 58 degrees at 7:25 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
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