Val Verde County Democrats cast 3,295 primary ballots, 2,258 early voters

Val Verde County Democratic voters cast 3,295 ballots in the party primary, a local tally shows, while county-run early voting records list 2,258 Democratic in-person votes through Feb. 27. The disparity points to ballots not captured in the county’s Feb. 27 early-voting snapshot, such as election-day, mail, or provisional ballots that the county table does not itemize.

The county’s election site posts an EARLY VOTING TURNOUT table with daily party totals from Feb. 17-27. Daily Democratic in-person counts include 202 on Feb. 17, 186 on Feb. 18, 162 on Feb. 19, 186 on Feb. 20, a spike of 330 on Feb. 21, 117 on Feb. 22, 190 on Feb. 23, 135 on Feb. 24, 172 on Feb. 25, 190 on Feb. 26, and 388 on Feb. 27. The table’s summary line reads: Total In-Person Voters to Date, Republican 1,870, Democratic 2,258, Total 4,128.

Administrative notices on the county site show the early voting ballot board schedule and interruptions: the page includes the verbatim notice, "\\\Canceled Due to EVBB Member Illness\\\Notice of 3rd Convene of the Early Voting Ballot Board 03-02-2026" and a separate "Notice of 4th Convene of the Early Voting Ballot Board 03-03-2026". Those convenings coincide with post–early voting processing ahead of the March 3 primary and may explain timing differences between the Feb. 27 in-person snapshot and subsequent totals.

The reported figure, stated plainly as "A total of 3,295 Val Verde County voters cast ballots in the Democratic Party Primary Election," exceeds the county’s early in-person subtotal of 2,258. The county table is explicitly limited to in-person early voting through Feb. 27; the county site does not itemize in that table election-day votes, mail ballots, or provisional ballots, and the local total does not specify which ballot categories it includes.

Residents and reporters seeking official clarification can contact Val Verde County elections at 400 Pecan Street, Del Rio, TX 78840, phone 830-774-7501, fax 830-775-9406. County web pages also list party contacts: Ms. Rosalinda Hernandez, Democratic Party Chair, Phone (830) 734-5313, Email herrosalinda@gmail.com, and Ms. Sharon C. Petitt, Republican Party Chair, Phone (830) 734-7391, E-mail scpetitt210@yahoo.com. The county’s posted election equipment inventory lists Button_ExpressVote and Button_DS200.

For statewide context, Ballotpedia’s post-2020 classification shows Texas overall as Solid Republican and notes that 18 counties were Solid Democratic, representing 45.5% by that measure, while 223 counties were Solid Republican at 40.1%. That statewide framing does not assign Val Verde County a classification in the provided excerpt.

To reconcile the two Democratic totals conclusively requires the county’s certified returns or post-election EVBB reports showing election-day, mail, and provisional ballot counts. The county’s EVBB convenings on March 2 and March 3 and the Feb. 17-27 early voting table together document the administration timeline that will feed the official canvass and final turnout figures.