Final day of early voting brings long lines across North Texas

We are in the final hour of early voting before Tuesday's election. And turnout across the state has been strong, already surpassing total early voting numbers from the 2022 midterms. We have a live look from Sky 4 over Tarrant County College Southeast. This is in Arlington. Really long line at last check. Wait times there about two hours. But a reminder, as long as you are in line before 7 p.m. You will be allowed to vote. Fox Force John Englund has more on early voting from Tarrant County. The voting continues. We've seen it slow and we've seen that shift to a steady stream of people coming and going. One thing that's constant folks are definitely taking advantage of this final day of early voting. Some community events. Underscoring early voting and voting in general. In Crowley, a school district organization continues its annual event, March to the Polls. The group, Student Voter Empowerment Club, brought out a marching band, speakers and supporters of the movement. It's about encouraging voters who are just becoming eligible to vote about the importance of doing so. And at polling places across Tarrant County, we've seen a nonstop stream of voters. Those we've spoken to detail why they wanted to get their ballots cast before early voting ends. The reasons run the gamut from students to those who have been voting for years, even decades. As we know from the 2024 election, voter turnout among our generation, Gen Z was very low. So we're trying to get that back up and help students realize that they can vote and it matters. Vote and make sure that you take the time to make sure you make the decision you really want to do for our country, yeah. So you got it done, you feel great? Yes, I felt good, love to be an American. Just figured why not go ahead and vote, get it out of the way now so I don't have to wait earlier or wait later. I'm not going to wait till the third. Get it done. Get it done while it's not raining. The latest update by county. Dallas County has seen 550,210 early voters. Tarrant County with 524,536. To Collin County, 305,760 ballots cast. Thus far in Denton County, 288,515. And early voting, of course, ends tonight at 7 p.m. Election Day on Tuesday.