NORTH TEXAS — The first three days of early voting in North Texas have already raised concerns with some voters about the system. "That particular polling machine should've been shut down and examined right then, but they continued to let people use it," said Tarrant County voter James Carpenter.

Tarrant, Denton and Collin counties each saw thousands more voters cast a ballot on the first day of early voting compared to 2020 and 2016. Dallas County saw a slight dip.

Record numbers of Texans turned out Monday for the first day of early voting — numbers that were particularly concentrated in several of the state’s blue-leaning urban and suburban counties. With national attention drawn to the close race between incumbent Texas Sen.

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This year’s Texas Senate seat race might be the best chance the Democrats have in picking up a seat. Democratic Rep. Colin Allred is challenging Incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the historically red state,