One more week of early voting will take place through Friday of this coming week in 2025 elections for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission and municipal races in Marietta and other Cobb cities.
Voters in Cobb County can go to any of seven locations to cast their votes, including the East Cobb Government Service Center (4400 Lower Roswell Road).
Early voting takes place from 12-6 Sunday, and from Monday-Friday from 7-7 (see all locations, dates and times in the flyer below).
You can check your voting status and get a personalized sample ballot by visiting the GA My Voter Page from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office.
In order to vote in person, you must produce one of six forms of photo identification.
The elections will conclude on Tuesday, Nov. 4, when voters will go their assigned precincts.
The elections include all seven Cobb municipalities, as well as a special election for Georgia State Senate District 35, which includes some of South Cobb.
Some voters in East Cobb also will be eligible to vote in several races in the City of Marietta—Mayor, Ward 5, 6 and 7 City Council, and Ward 5, 6 and 7 Marietta Board of Education.
According to Cobb Elections, turnout in early voting thus far has been very light.
All voters in East Cobb will be voting for two seats on the Georgia PSC, which are elected statewide and whose members regulate electricity and utility rates across the state. Both are contested races.
Republican incumbent Fitz Johnson of Vinings (website) is being challenged by Democrat Peter Hubbard (website).
Another Republican incumbent, Tim Echols (website) is opposed by Democrat Alicia Johnson (website).
Here’s a PSC primer from WABE; more from the Associated Press from earlier this week.
In Marietta, 16-year Mayor “Thunder” Tumlin is seeking another term from 24-year-old Sam Foster in a non-partisan race that has drawn some attention.
Tumlin has been a legislator and served as chair of the Marietta school board, while Foster, a recent Kennesaw State graduate, is part of A Better Cobb, which advocates for increased transit and mobility and affordable housing options.
Ward 5 includes most of East Marietta, and the election this year features the two men who have held that seat in recent years. Incumbent Carlyle Kent (website) is seeking a second four-year term. In 2022 he unseated Reggie Copeland, who is trying to win back his old seat (website).
In City Council seats for Ward 6 and Ward 7, only the incumbents qualified—Andre Sims and Joseph Goldstein, respectively.
In the Ward 5 Marietta school board race, incumbent Angela Orange (website) is seeking re-election, and is facing first-time candidate Jessie Bonner Jr. (website).
The Ward 6 school board race is an open seat, and the candidates are Christina Rogers (website) and Tony Viola (website).
In Ward 7, school board member Irene Holly Berens is running unopposed.
(You can view the Marietta ward maps by clicking here).
For more election day information from Cobb Elections, click here.
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