Following Fulton and DeKalb counties, the Cobb Elections office will offer early voting for the U.S. Senate runoff this coming Saturday.
A court ruling last week allowed county elections offices to hold early voting on Saturday.
A runoff was called for Dec. 6 after neither Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock nor Republican Herschel Walker could get 50 percent plus one vote in the general election.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger initially had prohibited voting on Saturday, as it falls the day after the Thursday-Friday official state holidays for Thanksgiving.
But Warnock’s campaign filed a lawsuit and a Fulton County judge ordered that counties could decide for themselves whether to have voting on Saturday.
Cobb had previously approved Sunday early voting for this coming Sunday, as well as Monday-Friday next week.
This Saturday, voters wishing to cast their ballots in person can do so between 12-5 p.m. at the following locations:
- Cobb Elections and Registration Main Office, 995 Roswell Street, Marietta
- North Cobb Senior Center, 3900 S Main Street, Acworth
- East Cobb Government Center, 4400 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta
- South Cobb Regional Library, 805 Clay Road, Mableton
- Boots Ward Recreation Center, 4845 Dallas Highway, Powder Springs
The East Cobb Government Services Center also will have early voting on Sunday from 12-5, and next Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Absentee ballots can be dropped off at a designated drop box there as well, but only during early voting hours.
The Tim D. Lee Senior Center (3332 Sandy Plains Road) will have early voting from Monday, Nov. 28 through Friday, Dec. 2 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Those voting early in-person can plan ahead by tracking the Cobb GIS estimated wait-time map.
There will be no early voting Dec. 3-5. On Dec. 6, voters who cast ballots in person must go to their regular precincts.
For those requesting absentee ballots, they’re urged to apply immediately. Absentee ballots must be received at the Cobb Elections office (995 Roswell Street) by 7 p.m. on Dec. 6.
For more information on the runoff election, visit the Cobb Elections website.
Related:
- Recertified Cobb election results change outcome in Kennesaw race
- Cobb early voting schedule released for U.S. Senate runoff
- Two Democrats elected to open East Cobb legislative seats
- Mableton cityhood referendum passes after 3 others failed
- Birrell, Chastain re-elected in key Cobb races
- Cobb extends deadline to absentee voters not mailed ballots
- Cobb Elections fails to mail 1K+ absentee ballots
- East Cobb News Politics & Elections page
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Absentee ballots are too hard to request and being forced to request them for each election is a hassle. We need many of the voting laws changed to allow as many legal voters easy access to vote as possible.
I’d love to file a request to have absentee ballots mailed for the next 5 yrs automatically, with a reminder in yr 4 that I need to renew the request. It isn’t like Cobb doesn’t know our home address and if we sell the property, remove us from the registered voter lists until we submit a correct change of address and update the voter records.