With Election Day just around the corner, Texas has hit a major milestone. This year, the number of early voters who cast ballots in the state is greater than the entire total cast in 2016. 

Until now, over 9 million voters in the Lone Star state have already voted, according to a tally by U.S. Elections Project, a database comprising turnout-tracking. The last general election saw a turnout of 8,969,226 for America's most populous state, per the figures revealed by the Texas secretary of state's office.

Besides Texas, Hawaii also surpassed 2016 voter turnout figures in the early voting stage, Michael McDonald said. McDonald works at the University of Florida as a political science professor who runs the U.S. Elections Project. McDonald tweeted that Texas followed in Hawaii's footsteps to become the second state to hit this significant milestone.

On Friday, the mark was set by Texas, with 38 electoral votes on the concluding day of early voting in the state. The Texas elections Twitter account reminded Texans that it was their last chance to vote early in the state.

The tweet urged voters to locate an early voting polling location, shared a list of 7 types of acceptable photo ID they can use to vote, and what can be done if they do not have or get one at VoteTexas.gov. This early turnout in Texas comes after Harris County, which comprises Houston, set a record in turnout on Thursday.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo took to her Twitter account to announce that they have hit their highest voter turnout ever. She noted that nearly 1.4 million votes had been cast in Harris County even before the Early Vote came to an end.

The county clerk Chris Hollins made a similar announcement outside NRG Park, according to NPR member station Houston Public Media. NRG Park is one of the eight locations where the 24-hour voting began on Thursday night.

The outlet's reporter Jen Rice tweeted about Harris County surpassing the entire turnout from 2016, noting that Hollins told the crowd at the drive-in concert at NRG Park. The announcement was greeted with car horns and cheers by those attending the concert graced by artists Suffers and Bun B.

This record-breaking pace represents voters' interest in the vote, in which President Donald Trump, a Republican, is up against the former vice president and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. According to the US Elections Project, over a staggering 80 million voters in America have cast ballots in this year's presidential election, paving the way for the highest voter participation rate in over a century.