{"id":475012,"date":"2026-10-24T01:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T01:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475012\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T01:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T01:14:10","slug":"cypress-polling-site-unseats-downtown-location-as-most-visited-early-voting-site-in-harris-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475012\/","title":{"rendered":"Cypress polling site unseats downtown location as most-visited early voting site in Harris County"},"content":{"rendered":"

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County is seeing record early voting turnout<\/a> this midterm cycle, and the data shows that where voters are casting their ballots is shifting.<\/p>\n

The Richard and Meg Weekley Community Center in Cypress has become the county’s most-visited polling location, surpassing the West Gray Multi-Service Center near downtown, which held that spot in previous elections, according to Harris County election data.<\/p>\n

VOTE 2026: What to bring to the polls for early voting and Election Day<\/a><\/p>\n

“Really?! No, I’m not surprised; Cypress is a very large place,” Daysi Harper, a Harris County voter who cast her ballot at the Richard and Meg Weekley Community Center, said.<\/p>\n

By the fourth day of early voting in the 2022 midterm, fewer early voters had turned out, and the busiest polling locations were:<\/p>\n

1. 7,756 votes – Metropolitan Multi-Service Center<\/p>\n

2. 7,319 votes – Richard and Meg Weekley Community Center<\/p>\n

3. 6,752 votes – Juergens Hall Community Center<\/p>\n

4. 6,677 votes – Baytown Community Center<\/p>\n

5. 6,369 votes – East Harris County Activity Center<\/p>\n

This midterm, the most used voting locations are:<\/p>\n

1. 12,924 votes – Richard and Meg Weekley Community Center<\/p>\n

2. 12,167 votes – Metropolitan Multi-Service Center<\/p>\n

3. 10,585 votes- Juergens Hall Community Center<\/p>\n

4. 10,493 votes – Trini Mendenhall Community Center<\/p>\n

5. 10,322 votes – Kingwood Community Center<\/p>\n

Nancy Sims, a political expert at the University of Houston, told ABC13 the record turnout is partly due to the competitive Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, I am surprised that Cypress is the most visited location,” Harris County voter Eugene Sampson said.<\/p>\n

Census data shows the 77433 Cypress zip code welcomed around 10,000 more people between 2020 and 2025. Meanwhile, the Pasadena 77505 zip code, home to one of the top five voting locations at the last midterm, lost several hundred people, according to census data.<\/p>\n

Voters said they chose the Cypress location because it was close to home.<\/p>\n

“This location is easy to come in, and the lines are not so big, and they are very efficient; you come in, and it flows pretty easily,” Carina Morris, another Harris County voter, said.<\/p>\n

No matter where a voter lives in Harris County, they can vote at any polling location.<\/p>\n

Early voting continues through the weekend and all of next week. Voters can find their nearest polling location through the ABC13 Early Vote Tracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LIVE UPDATES: Early voting underway in Texas for midterms as Harris County sets record numbers<\/a><\/p>\n

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