With a week remaining in early voting in Cobb County, the number of voters who’ve voted in-person has surpassed those casting absentee ballots.
As of Thursday, Cobb Elections said 95,767 votes have been cast at nearly a dozen early voting locations around the county over the last two weeks.
Out of 177,491 absentee ballots requested by voters in the county, 93,241 have been returned, according to Cobb Elections.
Voters who wish to vote absentee but haven’t yet requested a ballot must do so by no later than this coming Tuesday, Oct. 27.
You can do this online by clicking here. The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has created an absentee ballot tracker that lets you follow the status of that ballot after you return your application.
Your absentee ballot can be returned via mail as long as it’s postmarked by election day, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m.
For convenience and the sake of time, there are 16 secured absentee ballot drop boxes in Cobb, including four in East Cobb. They are open 24/7, also until 7 p.m. election day:
- East Cobb Government Center (4400 Lower Roswell Road);
- Sewell Mill Library (2051 Lower Roswell Road);
- Mountain View Regional Library (3330 Sandy Plains Road);
- Gritters Library (880 Shaw Park Drive).
Early voting was continuing on Saturday, and next week you’ll be able to do that only Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. There won’t be any early voting next Saturday, Oct. 31, or on Monday, Nov. 2, the day before the election.
As of Thursday, the East Cobb Government Center spot had the most early voting numbers, with 12,220 votes. The Art Place (3320 Sandy Plains Road) is second with 11,277, followed by the main Cobb Elections office, where 11,156 votes have been cast.
You can check all the figures by clicking here.
This week, both of those East Cobb locations have had more than 1,000 votes cast per day. At the East Cobb government center, more than 1,500 people voted on Wednesday and Thursday, the highest single-day figures in the county.
The Cobb GIS office has created a wait-time map for each location, with poll managers updating the estimates during the times the polls are open.
If you’re voting early next week, rain is in the forecast Tuesday-Thursday.
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