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Early voting records fall in Georgia and across Texas ahead of Election Day

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 79 158 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 21 Oct 06:11 UTC · Early voting begins in Texas and Arkansas ahead of 2026 midterms 22 Oct 18:14 UTC · Early voting draws turnout and ballot concerns in Texas and Arkansas 24 Oct 00:11 UTC · Tennessee officials advise voters to review ballots after machine complaints 24 Oct 06:10 UTC · Williamson County voters report ballot-selection problems during early voting 24 Oct 12:13 UTC · Early voting underway as Texas turnout rises and Tennessee voters report ballot-machine issues 25 Oct 00:11 UTC · Early voting underway in Texas amid strong turnout reports 26 Oct 18:21 UTC · Early voting underway in Texas, with strong turnout reported in Harris County 27 Oct 18:17 UTC · Texas early voting draws strong turnout as Senate race nears 28 Oct 00:15 UTC · Early voting underway in Texas amid closely watched Senate race 28 Oct 06:12 UTC · Early voting underway across Texas as reports point to high turnout 28 Oct 12:19 UTC · Texas early voting begins amid closely watched U.S. Senate race 28 Oct 18:16 UTC · Early voting accelerates as states weigh voter ID rules 29 Oct 00:14 UTC · Early voting records fall in Georgia and across Texas ahead of Election Day

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 10 HEADLINES

  1. 21 Oct, 06:11 UTC

    Early voting begins in Texas and Arkansas ahead of 2026 midterms

  2. 22 Oct, 18:14 UTC

    Early voting draws turnout and ballot concerns in Texas and Arkansas

  3. 25 Oct, 00:11 UTC

    Early voting underway in Texas amid strong turnout reports

  4. 26 Oct, 18:21 UTC

    Early voting underway in Texas, with strong turnout reported in Harris County

  5. 27 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    Texas early voting draws strong turnout as Senate race nears

  6. 28 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    Early voting underway in Texas amid closely watched Senate race

  7. 28 Oct, 06:12 UTC

    Early voting underway across Texas as reports point to high turnout

  8. 28 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    Texas early voting begins amid closely watched U.S. Senate race

  9. 28 Oct, 18:16 UTC

    Early voting accelerates as states weigh voter ID rules

  10. 29 Oct, 00:14 UTC

    Early voting records fall in Georgia and across Texas ahead of Election Day

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • 1 million advance · from 19 Oct 18:00, 6 outlets
  • 20% registered voters · from 28 Oct 16:45, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • ballots cast: 200,000 (1 from 14 Oct 18:15) → 100,000 (1 from 20 Oct 01:30) → 3,000 (1 from 20 Oct 02:30) → 6,200 (1 from 20 Oct 14:00) → 3,500 (1 from 20 Oct 20:30) → 42,000 (1 from 21 Oct 01:00) → 400,000 (1 from 22 Oct 16:31) → 10,000 (1 from 24 Oct 10:30) → 3,900 (1 from 26 Oct 07:45) → 67,000 (1 from 26 Oct 17:30) → 6,400 (1 from 27 Oct 00:45) → 1,640,652 (1 from 28 Oct 21:03)
  • voters cast: 1,600 (1 from 16 Oct 23:30) → 1,465 (1 from 17 Oct 08:15) → 9,000 (1 from 19 Oct 21:00) → 1,000 (1 from 20 Oct 13:45) → 3,200 (1 from 20 Oct 14:30) → 400,000 (1 from 22 Oct 16:31) → 11,000 (1 from 25 Oct 08:30)
  • cast ballots: 35,000 (1 from 20 Oct 01:15) → 940,000 (1 from 20 Oct 05:00) → 2,600 (1 from 20 Oct 09:30) → 98,000 (1 from 20 Oct 21:30) → 521,000 (1 from 28 Oct 20:00)
  • registered voters: 10% (1 from 19 Oct 21:30) → 18% (1 from 27 Oct 16:45) → 20% (2 from 28 Oct 16:45)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.