East Cobb advance runoff voting

You can cast a ballot close to home this week before next Tuesday’s runoff elections as advance voting continues.

The East Cobb Government Service Center (4400 Lower Roswell Road) is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Friday. Other locations will have the same days and hours:

Lines are expected to be long due to social-distancing guidance and you’ll be asked to wear a face covering.

On the ballot for East Cobb voters is a Republican runoff for Cobb Board of Commissioners District 2 between Andy Smith and Fitz Johnson. There also are two judicial runoffs that will be determined county wide.

There won’t be and advance voting Saturday or next Monday. If you vote on Tuesday, you’ll go to your assigned precinct. Those hours are also 7-7 and social distancing and masks will be requested.

Here’s more from the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration:

To download and print the full advance voting schedule, click here. 

There is NO VOTING on Sundays, Saturday, Aug. 8, or Monday, Aug. 10. On Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 11, voters must go to their assigned polling locations, open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To confirm your eligibility to vote for this election, please visit the Secretary of State’s “My Voter Page.”

Georgia law allows for absentee by mail ballots to be requested up to 180 days before an election. No excuse is required to vote before election day. Voters are encouraged to vote by-mail using the absentee application found on the absentee voting page.