The East Cobb Government Service Center (4400 Lower Roswell Road) is one of four locations in the county where an absentee ballot drop box has been installed for the 2020 primary elections.
That vote has been pushed back to June 9 from the original May 19 date, and Cobb Elections is encouraging the voting public to cast their ballots absentee.
The other locations are:
- South Cobb Government Service Center, 4700 Austell Road, Austell
- North Cobb Regional Library, 3535 Old 41 Highway NW, Kennesaw
- Elections Main Office, 736 Whitlock Ave., Marietta
The boxes are being monitored by cameras for security purposes.
According to Cobb Elections, “Public health concerns will likely impact in-person voting availability and wait times may increase due to social distancing and sanitation requirements.”
The other standing absentee ballot return options remain the same:
- Mail to the address on the outer envelope
- Hand-deliver to an absentee clerk at the Elections Main Office
- Hand-deliver to the poll manager of any Cobb County advance voting location
Any mailed or dropped off absentee ballots must be done so by 7 p.m. on primary election day, June 9, in order for them to be counted.
Two weeks ago, the Georgia Secretary of State’s office began mailing absentee ballots to voters who filled out an application.
All registered Georgia voters received the applications—which for now just pertain to the primaries and presidential primary, which is also on June 9—and have until June 5 to submit them.
Cobb Elections has set up an Absentee Voting Page with more information.
If you haven’t registered to vote, you now have until May 11 to do so, and can do that here.
If you’d like to view and download a sample ballot (Republican, Democratic or non-partisan) or if you need to change your registration information, you can do that at the My Voter page at the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.
One other thing Cobb Elections wants you to note when you get your absentee ballot: It will look and work a little different, with an explanation below:
Instead of creating the usual white inner envelope and an outer envelope printed with an Oath, the vendor created a white paper “sleeve” as the inner envelope. Although the instructions say to enclose and securely seal the voted ballot in the smaller of the two envelopes, the white folded paper sleeve will work just fine.
Please put your voted ballot into the white paper sleeve and then place it into the Oath envelope, sign the Oath and return the ballot. Do not tape or staple the paper sleeve, because the ballot might become damaged as it is removed.
The reason there are two envelopes is to ensure ballot privacy. As staff prepares the ballots for counting, the voted ballot is separated from the outer envelope that identifies the voter’s name. Staff never sees how any person has voted. In this case, Cobb Elections staff will handle this sleeve in the same way as a sealed envelope.
Please email info@cobbelections.org with any further questions.
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- East Cobb 2020 Elections Guide
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