Starting Monday, Cobb voters will be able to cast in-person votes ahead of the May 24 primaries and three Cityhood referendums, including one in East Cobb.
Advance voting goes from May 2-20 at various locations in the county, including the East Cobb Government Service Center and the Tim D. Lee Senior Center. Voters can vote early at any location in the county, and not just one that’s closest to them.
Voters in East Cobb will have contested primaries in several key races, including District 3 Cobb Commission (Republican), Georgia Senate 6 (Democrat and Republican), Georgia Senate 32 (Republican), Georgia House 43 (Democrat) and Georgia House 45 (Republican.)
We’ve conducted interviews with the candidates in the contested Republican primary for Cobb Commission District 3: Incumbent JoAnn Birrell; and challenger Judy Sarden.
A big Republican field also is on the ballot in the 6th Congressional District, and several sitting statewide office holders are being challenged. They include Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.
A number of non-partisan judicial elections also are on the ballot; see our previous story on all who’ve qualified.
Voters will have to choose from three separate ballots, samples of which are linked to here:
Non-partisan candidates will be included on the party ballots, but no party-specific candidates will be included on non-partisan ballots.
The sample ballots above are countywide; to get a sample ballot customized for you, and to check which races you will be able to vote in, click here.
The East Cobb Cityhood referendum will be on the ballots of eligible voters who live inside the proposed boundaries; check the interactive map by clicking here. Also visit our Cityhood tab for more information about the referendum.
A photo ID is required to vote in-person and absentee, and you can check which ones are accepted by clicking here.
What follows below is a graphic from Cobb Elections on where, and when, you can vote in-person in advance:
Cobb Elections is providing real-time updates on estimated wait times at the early voting locations and here is the link.
If you wish to vote via absentee ballot, you have through May 13 to request one, and you can do that by clicking here.
Those casting absentee ballots can return them via standard mail, or at a designated dropbox as noted above.
Unlike the 2020 elections, the drop boxes will not be located outside buildings for 24/7 deliveries; following a new state law passed this year, they must be returned inside during opening or voting hours.
All absentee ballots must be returned before the polls close at 7 p.m. on primary election day, May 24.
There also will be a May 3 runoff between Democrat Dustin McCormick and Republican Mitchell Kaye to determine the successor to Matt Dollar, a Republican who resigned his Georgia House seat representing District 45 in February.
The winner will hold office only through the end of the year, the end of Dollar’s term.
McCormick has qualified for the May 24 primary for the redrawn District 45. The Republican primary candidates are current District 43 State Rep. Sharon Cooper and Carminthia Moore.
Voters eligible to cast votes in that race will go to their assigned precincts on Tuesday, and not the early voting locations.
Related:
- How to vote in the May 24 primary elections
- Runoff to determine special legislative election in East Cobb
- East Cobb News Politics & Elections page
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Really wish we could just get ballots mailed for every election. All the printing, signing, filling out forms is like they don’t want people to vote at all.
Govt is supposed to work FOR the people. Not put up road blocks to avoid hearing our voices.
2 reminders:
May 13: Completed Absentee Ballot Applications must be received by the Cobb Elections office by this date
Drop Boxes are only available until May 20th.