From Oct. 15-Nov. 1, Georgia and Cobb voters can cast their ballots in person in advance of the Nov. 5 general election.
The 2024 elections feature new some boundaries due to court-ordered redistricting, particularly in races for the Cobb Board of Education.
The Cobb Board of Elections and Cobb GIS are providing an estimated wait-time map that will be updated several times a day during the early voting period.
When, where, how to vote
Early voting will take place at select locations around the county, including the East Cobb Government Service Center (4400 Lower Roswell Road) and the Tim D. Lee Senior Center (3332 Sandy Plains Road) as follows:
- Oct. 15-18, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Oct. 19, Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Oct. 20, Sunday, 12-5 p.m. (East Cobb Govt. Center)
- Oct. 21-25, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Oct. 26, Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Oct. 27, Sunday, 12-5 p.m. (East Cobb Govt. Center)
- Oct. 28-Nov. 1, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
There is no early voting from Nov. 2-4. On election day, Nov. 5, voters will go their assigned precincts.
For more locations for early voting, click here. Cobb voters can cast early ballots at any location in the county regardless of where they live.
Voters must bring a valid photo ID with them to the polls (click here for details).
The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is Oct. 25. You can get an application online from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office by clicking here.
There is an absentee ballot drop box at the East Cobb Government Service Center that is open during early voting hours.
Absentee ballots must be received in person or by mail at the Cobb Elections office or delivered to a designated drop box by 7 p.m. on Nov. 5, when the polls close for good on election day.
To check your voter registration status, and to get a customized sample ballot, visit the Georgia Secretary of State’s My Voter Page.
Who/What’s on the ballot?
The U.S. Presidential race headlines a lengthy ballot for Georgia voters, but there are many local elections to be decided.
Cobb voters will decide whether to approve a 30-year sales tax to fund expanded bus transit operations, including a transfer station in East Cobb and the restoration of previous routes along Roswell and Johnson Ferry roads.
In East Cobb, voters will choose a new Post 5 member to the Cobb Board of Education, following the retirement of four-term member David Banks.
The candidates are both first-timers, Democrat Laura Judge, and Republican John Cristadoro. They are parents of students in the Walton High School attendance zone.
The Post 5 boundaries were changed during a court-ordered redistricting that placed some of the Wheeler attendance zone in Post 6. Post 5 includes most of the Walton and Wheeler zones, along with some of the Pope zones (map here).
Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid, a Democrat, is seeking a second term and is being opposed by Republican Kay Morgan.
Other countywide races include District Attorney, Sheriff, Tax Commissioner, Superior Court Clerk and State Court Clerk. Non-partisan judicial races were decided during the May primaries.
The Georgia 11th Congressional District that includes East Cobb is on the ballot, as are all legislative seats.
Those legislative seats with East Cobb constituencies include districts 32, 33 and 56 in the Georgia Senate, and districts 37, 43, 44, 45 and 46 in the Georgia House.
There will be special elections in 2025 to determine District 2 and District 4 on the Cobb Board of Commissioners, after a court ruling struck down the county’s home rule claims for redistricting,
Those elections are do-overs from the May primaries using now-invalidated electoral maps.
District 2 had included some of East Cobb put has been pushed west of the Powers Ferry Road corridor.
Most of East Cobb is now represented by District 3 Commissioner JoAnn Birrell, a Republican, whose current term expires at the end of 2026.
Related:
- Prominent Cobb business leader opposes transit tax referendum
- How Cobb commissioner district maps look post-‘home rule’
- Cobb launches transit tax website for November referendum
- MORE: Visit the East Cobb News Politics & Elections Page
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Just get out and vote folks! It’s such a great privilege! I am a legal immigrant to this country and I could vote for the first time in 2016 when I became a citizen. It’s an honor.
I really hope folks take the time to study the down-ballot races. In particular, the Clerk of Superior Court which is really not a partisan race. Unfortunately, many people are going to just knee-jerk vote for the name based on the party, without even knowing who they are.
I’ll leave it to the reader to do their own research, but let’s just say that the incumbent has managed in my opinion to mess up one of the best run courts in the County through poor decisions and staff attrition. This has impacted many residents, with no discrimination based on whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat. I am talking about a Judicial Emergency that had to be declared, along with defendants not getting notice that they were to appear in court, protective restraining orders not getting into the system, and a huge backlog of cases affecting real people.
Please consider looking at the challenger Deborah Dance. She has served as the attorney for Cobb County and is well-qualified for the position of Court Clerk.
If voting is too big a hassle..don’t vote. Personally it’s hard for me to imagine someone so fragile that weeks of early voting and absentee voting and day of voting are not enough. Parking seems the flimsiest of excuses. if parking is a “big hassle” there are a lot of people who would trade lives with you. I remember when Obama was running for his first term and there were huge lines of people lined up for early voting. It was a civic duty and it was an exciting time for many of our citizens. I have voted on the day of voting for 50 yers…not that bad.
Parking was never a deterrent.
I’m unhappy that the number of ballot drop locations has been reduced. Dealing with the govt service locations is a big hassle due to limited parking. I don’t understand why those heavy boxed we had for the 2000 election aren’t sitting outside every library 24/7 with a camera capturing each interaction.
It has been proven that any election fraud anywhere in the country has been so minor as to not change the outcome of the elections. I think only less than 475 election fraud cases due to invalid voting were found nationwide. Of course, people in a certain political leaning won’t believe that fact. https://apnews.com/article/voter-fraud-election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-7fcb6f134e528fee8237c7601db3328f
I would mail it, but last election I received the ballot in the mail, filled it out and mailed the following and it was rejected because it arrived TOO late to be counted. Don’t trust the USPS, as some email items are still taking between 4 and 30 days to be delivered.