A brief lockdown at Murdock Elementary School has resulted in extended voting time at the polling station located there in today’s runoff elections.
The extra time is only brief—11 minutes, to match the period of a Code Yellow lockdown, according to Cobb government spokesman Ross Cavitt.
He said Cobb County Senior Judge George Kreeger signed an order to keep the precinct open there longer this afternoon.
So if you vote at Murdock (2320 Murdock Road), that precinct will now close at 7:11 p.m. instead of the usual 7 p.m.
We’re seeking further information about the Murdock lockdown from the Cobb County School District.
It was the second such lockdown in Cobb schools today, and that also affected voting times.
Earlier this morning, Teasley Elementary School in Vinings was locked down for around 20 minutes after reports of a man with a gun in the vicinity of the school.
Those reports turned out to be false, but the polling station at Teasley will stay open until 7:20, also after Kreeger issued an order, according to Cavitt.
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