Nearly 22K ballots cast on first day of Cobb advanced voting

On a record day for early voting in Georgia, Cobb voters turned out in strong numbers Tuesday to cast their ballots. cobb advance voting, Cobb voter registration deadline, Walton and Dickerson PTSA candidates forum

According to Cobb Elections figures, 21,986 votes have been cast in the 2024 general election. More than 98 percent have been in person, and the two polling places in the East Cobb area have some of the highest totals.

A total of 2,993 voters turned out at the Tim D. Lee Center on Sandy Plains Road on Tuesday, and another 2,029 votes were cast at the East Cobb Government Service Center on Lower Roswell Road.

At the Smyrna Community Center, 2.,344 votes were cast on the first day of early voting.

Cobb Elections said it has received around 1,280 absentee ballots out of 23,640 issued, and has accepted 329. Another 543 provisional ballots have been issued, and six of those have been returned.

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office said Tuesday that more than 310,000 people voted across the state on Monday, a record for a first day of early voting.

By comparison, the first-day 2020 early voting turnout in Georgia was 136,739.

By mid-day Wednesday, the turnout numbers had grown to 459,250, with almost all of them in-person.

The line to wait at the East Cobb Government Service Center continues to be the longest of the 12 polling stations in Cobb (wait-time map here).

The early voting schedule is as follows:

Oct. 16-18, Wednesday-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.

The East Cobb Government Center also is the site of an absentee ballot drop box that is open during early voting hours.

For more early voting information in Cobb, click here. 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.

To check your voter registration status, and to get a customized sample ballot, visit the Georgia Secretary of State’s My Voter Page.

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