Historically, only about 3-4% of Texans vote absentee, because the law limits it to a handful of cases. "Over 65" is the largest group. For everyone else, being "out of the county" is only acceptable if you are out of the county for the entire early voting period (normally 2 weeks, but 3 weeks this year).
Democrats tried to expand eligibility this year, but failed. I'm unable to reference the percentage of absentee vote-by-mail info for 2020, as the data I downloaded just before the election is no longer available and hasn't been moved to the historical archive. But, I found that the percentage of mail-in voters increased to about 10% this year.
I should point out that is 10% of early voters. Normally, that would mean about 5% of all voters voted by mail, because about half of Texans vote on Election day. But, 2020 was an outlier in that respect: only 13% voted on Election Day this year.
Historically, only about 3-4% of Texans vote absentee, because the law limits it to a handful of cases. "Over 65" is the largest group. For everyone else, being "out of the county" is only acceptable if you are out of the county for the entire early voting period (normally 2 weeks, but 3 weeks this year).
Democrats tried to expand eligibility this year, but failed. I'm unable to reference the percentage of absentee vote-by-mail info for 2020, as the data I downloaded just before the election is no longer available and hasn't been moved to the historical archive. But, I found that the percentage of mail-in voters increased to about 10% this year.
I should point out that is 10% of early voters. Normally, that would mean about 5% of all voters voted by mail, because about half of Texans vote on Election day. But, 2020 was an outlier in that respect: only 13% voted on Election Day this year.