Tuesday marks last day to register to vote in Texas for upcoming midterm elections

AUSTIN, Texas - Tuesday, October 9 is the last day to register to vote in Texas for the midterm elections on November 6.

Already, Texas is seeing record numbers.

According to the Texas secretary of state's office, last month more than 15.6-million Texans registered to vote.

FOX-7 Austin’s Mike Warren and Rebecca Thomas talked to Travis County's Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar, Bruce Elfan about voter registration and what is the driving force behind the record number of registered voters compared to midterm elections in the past.