Bexar County on pace for 150,000 Election Day voters

By 3 p.m. on Election Day, more than 82,000 people had cast ballots in person in Bexar County. Elections Administrator Michele Carew said roughly 10,400 people were voting every hour. Carew said the county was on pace to hit or surpass 150,000 ballots for the day.¹

What happens after the polls close

Local canvassing authorities canvass the returns not later than the 14th day after the election, November 17.² The local canvass may not be held until the early voting ballot board has finished verifying and counting provisional ballots and all timely received ballots from addresses outside the United States are counted.³ The statewide canvass is complete not later than 33 days after the election, which falls on December 7, 2026.