Legislative special election in East Cobb to be decided

Early voting has ended in a special election for Georgia House District 45, and final balloting will take place Tuesday.

Eligible voters in the current District 45 boundaries—not the new lines that will be in effect for the May 24 primary—will be able to vote at their normal precincts on Tuesday.

The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Absentee ballots also must be returned by 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Cobb Elections has more information on who is eligible to vote in the special election, what the current District 45 boundaries look like, and how you can check your registration status.

The Cobb Elections office said there are 12 precincts with voters who are eligible to vote in the special election:

Chestnut Ridge; Dickerson; Dodgen; Hightower; Murdock; Mt. Bethel 1; Mt. Bethel 3; Pope (portion); Roswell 1; Roswell 2; Sewell Mill 1 (portion); Timber Ridge

As of Thursday, Cobb Elections said 1,861 people have voted in the special election in person. A total of 204 absentee ballots have been accepted.

The “jungle” special election includes three Republican candidates and one Democratic candidate who are vying to fill the remainder of the term of former State Rep. Matt Dollar.

If the leading candidate does not get a majority of the votes, there will be a May 3 runoff.

Dollar, a Republican who had been in office since 2003, resigned Feb. 1, and his successor will serve only through the end of 2022.

The Republican candidates are former State Rep. Mitchell Kaye and Darryl Wilson and Pamela Alayon, both of whom have been involved in Cobb GOP activities.

The Democratic candidate is Dustin McCormick, a project manager at McKesson.

Kaye and McCormick have both come out publicly against East Cobb Cityhood; Dollar has been the chief sponsor of a Cityhood bill that passed the Georgia legislature calling for a May 24 referendum.

McCormick is the only candidate in the special election who has qualified for the primary election in the new District 45. Current State Rep. Sharon Cooper of District 43 and Carminthia Moore have qualified as Republican candidates.

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1 thought on “Legislative special election in East Cobb to be decided”

In voting for both the GA House special election and the proposed City of East Cobb I am not allowed to vote! In the case of replacing Matt Dollar it is a new boundary issue and for proposed City of East Cobb, those of us outside the boundaries of this proposed new city are told that this election does not affect us. It will in fact affect our taxes, and our police, fire and emergency services which will impact all of East Cobb. Why are only designated citizens allowed to vote? These voting limitations seem unconstitutional and manipulative to a home owner and 21 year resident of East Cobb County.
B. Hayden

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