Updated, 5:06 p.m.: Revised to include preliminary totals from Dallas and Tarrant counties for Monday.

AUSTIN – After seven days, the number of people who have voted early is significantly higher than the 2010 and 2014 midterms and closing in on the amount from the 2016 presidential election.

By Sunday, 323,553 in person and ballots by mail had been cast in Dallas County, more than 24 percent of the county's 1.3 million registered voters.

It's about 2,600 fewer people than the number who voted in the first seven days of early voting in 2016, when higher turnout is expected.

Over the weekend, Dallas County had 49,953 residents vote in person, while 53,053 ballots were cast in Tarrant County, 36,526 in Collin and 30,857 in Denton.

According to the Texas secretary of state, nearly 3 million people have cast ballots in the 30 counties with the most registered voters.

By 4:30 p.m. Monday, according to a tweet from Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, 27,541 people had voted in Dallas.

Tarrant County's unofficial live voter turnout showed 29,225 people had voted by 5 p.m.

Early voting locations in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, and Denton counties are open this week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. until Friday, the last day of early voting before Election Day on Nov. 6.