Cobb 2022 general election update: Sample, absentee ballots

Cobb 2022 General Election Sample Ballot

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office is providing sample ballots for voters for the 2022 general elections that culminate on Nov. 8.

The revamped My Voter Page (click here) allows voters to access a customized sample ballot that includes candidates in all the elected offices for which they are eligible to vote.

That includes federal, state and local offices and four statewide ballot questions.

In addition to a U.S. Senate seat, Georgia governor and all state constitutional offices will be decided, along with all legislative and U.S. House seats.

In Cobb, there’s just one countywide race—Cobb Solicitor—and in East Cobb, voters will be deciding District 3 Cobb Board of Commissioners and Post 4 Cobb Board of Education representatives.

Two Republican incumbents are being challenged in those races: Commissioner JoAnn Birrell by Democrat Christine Triebsch, and current school board chairman David Chastain by Democrat Catherine Pozniak.

A potential challenge to Cobb commission redistricting to keep District 2 commissioner Jerica Richardson in her seat would not affect November elections; District 3 has been redrawn to include most of East Cobb.

Post 4 on the Cobb school board still includes most of the Kell and Sprayberry attendance zones and has been redrawn to include some of the Lassiter cluster.

Redistricting also given voters East Cobb a second member of Congress and additional legislative seats.

The area will have two representatives in the U.S. House: District 6, which will have a new member after incumbent Democrat Lucy McBath opted to run in the 7th District, and the 11th District, in which GOP incumbent Barry Loudermilk is seeking re-election.

House districts 37, 43, 44, 45 and 46 will continue to have East Cobb constituencies, but the lines have been reapportioned substantially in some instances.

State Senate District 32, which has included most of East Cobb, has been redrawn to include a portion of Northeast Cobb and some of Cherokee. Senate districts 6 and 56 will now include portions of East Cobb in addition to north Fulton.

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.

Any registered voter may apply for an absentee ballot, and the earliest day to mail an absentee ballot is Oct. 11. That’s also the last day to apply to register to vote.

The last day to apply for an absentee ballot is Oct. 22.

Advance voting will take place in Cobb from Oct. 17 to Nov. 4.

For more information, visit the Cobb Elections website.

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