From Oct. 17-Nov. 4, Georgia voters can cast their ballots in person in advance of the Nov. 8 general election.
The 2022 elections feature new boundaries for all elected offices due to redistricting, and voters in East Cobb will see very different maps for their elected representatives than the previous 10 years. More on that further down in this post.
When, where, how to vote
Early voting will take place at select locations around the county, including the East Cobb Government Service Center (4400 Lower Roswell Road) and the Tim D. Lee Senior Center (3332 Sandy Plains Road) as follows:
- Oct. 17-21, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Oct. 22, Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Oct. 24-28, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Oct. 29, Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Oct. 31-Nov. 4, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For more locations for early voting and drop boxes, click here. Cobb voters can cast early ballots at any location in the county regardless of where they live.
For the first time ever, Cobb County voters will be able to vote on Sunday, after the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration approved an early voting date for Oct. 30. That will take place from 12-4 p.m. at the new Cobb Elections office at 995 Roswell Street.
The Cobb Elections office and the Cobb government GIS office also are teaming up again with an estimated wait-time map for early voting, with updates provided at each location by the polling managers.
Voters also can request an absentee ballot for any reason, but the drop boxes available during the 2020 elections are more restricted this year.
There is a drop box at the East Cobb Government Service Center, but it is open only during early voting hours.
The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is Oct. 22, and ballots can now be mailed in through election day. You can get an application online from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office by clicking here.
But absentee ballots must be received at the Cobb Elections office or delivered to a designated drop box by 7 p.m. on Nov. 8, when the polls close for good.
The Secretary of State’s office also has launched BallotTrax, which enables absentee voters to securely follow their ballots, whether they were mailed in or dropped off in person.
Who’s on the ballot?
To get a personalized sample ballot, click here.
Georgia voters will be deciding all statewide constitutional offices—governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, etc.—as well as a U.S. Senate seat
They also will choose all 14 members of the U.S. House and all members of the Georgia General Assembly, both the State Senate and State House.
The Cobb Solicitor’s race is the only countywide office up for election this year. Two seats on the Cobb Board of Commissioners and three seats on the Cobb Board of Education also will be determined.
The new Cobb Commission District 3 area includes most of East Cobb, and Republican incumbent JoAnn Birrell will be seeking a fourth term against Democrat Christine Triebsch (District 3 map).
On the Cobb school board, Post 4 Republican incumbent David Chastain is being challenged by Democrat Catherine Pozniak (Post 4 map) in an area that includes the Kell, Sprayberry and some of the Lassiter attendance zones.
East Cobb News will be featuring candidate interviews in these races in the coming week.
U.S. House
District 6 will have a new representative, as Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath is seeking the 7th District seat. The new 6th includes East Cobb, some of North Fulton, Cherokee and Forsyth counties and all of Dawson County (East Cobb portion of 6th District map).
The candidates are Democrat Bob Christian of Forsyth, an Army veteran and small business owner, against Republican Rich McCormick, an emergency room physician who previously ran in the 7th district.
Reapportionment also placed some of East Cobb in the 11th District, which stretches from Bartow and Cherokee counties to include much of Cobb and northern areas of the city of Atlanta >(see Cobb portion of map).
Republican incumbent Barry Loudermilk of Cassville is seeking another term against Democrat Anthony Daza of Atlanta, who owns a ballroom dancing business in Buckhead.
Georgia Senate
Redistricting also carved up East Cobb into additional seats in the General Assembly.
In the State Senate, District 6 has been vacated by Attorney General candidate Jen Jordan, a Democrat. Her successor will be Republican Fred Glass, a financial advisor, or Democrat Jason Esteves, a former chairman of the Atlanta school board (East Cobb portion of District 6).
District 32 formerly covered most of East Cobb but now has only a portion (see Cobb area of map), stretching to areas of north Cobb, Woodstock and Cherokee. Republican incumbent Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick of East Cobb is seeking another term against Sylvia Bennett, a social worker.
Most of Northeast Cobb and a good bit of Johnson Ferry Road corridor is now located in District 56, which includes North Fulton (see East Cobb portion of map). The Republican incumbent, John Albers of Roswell, is on the ballot, and is facing Democrat Patrick Thompson, a clean energy entrepreneur, also from Roswell.
Georgia House
A sliver of District 37 remains in East Cobb (see map) in a Marietta-based seat held by Democrat Mary Frances Williams. She is seeking another term against Republican Tess Redding.
Three other East Cobb incumbent House members, also Republicans, are seeking re-election.
In District 44 (map), which has retained much of its Northeast Cobb boundaries, GOP Rep. Don Parsons is seeking another term against Democrat Willie May Oyogoa, a travel advisor.
Longtime State Rep. Sharon Cooper, a Republican, was drawn into District 45 (map) after two close calls in District 43. Her Democratic opponent is Dustin McCormick, who unsuccessfully ran for a special election in District 45 in April after the resignation of GOP Rep. Matt Dollar.
John Carson, a Republican, is running again in District 46 (map), which retains most of its Northeast Cobb base and goes into Cherokee County. His Democratic opponent is Micheal Garza, the owner of a web development business.
A new legislator from East Cobb will be chosen in District 43 (map). The Democratic candidate is Solomon Adesanya, a restaurant owner. Republican Anna Tillman is a geologist.
We’ll have more coverage of these races as early voting continues.
Related:
- Cobb Commission Democrats OK redistricting map
- Contested Post 4 seat on Cobb school board heats up
- Cobb 2022 general election sample ballot available
- Cobb to propose ordinance to redraw commission districts
- Cobb school board chairman trailing in campaign fundraising
- Cobb to add Sunday voting in 2022 general election
- East Cobb News Politics & Elections page
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We need to get a law passed that removes the party from all elections and lists just the name. I lived in a state where parties weren’t listed and everyone worked together regardless of their party until – you guessed it – they passed a law to place the party name next to the person on all ballots. Then it became hyper-party-politics and destroyed their ability to compromise.
I’m voting for a person, not the party. I will hold the person accountable for their actions, since so many forget they work for the citizens in their districts, not the funding organizations from outside their districts.
Really? When you vote on personality, not platform and policy, you get the unholy mess we are in right now as a country. We are being destroyed from within by dimwits, at least at the national level. Sooner or later you will have votes for someone because they are pretty or handsome. The party in charge moves as herd, not as individuals, to affect policy change. As voters, we need to manage for the future and support policies and programs to improve, not destroy, our way of life. Adequate funding for the police and fire, education and infrastructure, along with sound fiscal policies, head my list.