Tuesday is election day in Cobb and Georgia, and in East Cobb there are several contested races at the state and local level. In this East Cobb Primary Election Guide, we’ll round up stories we’ve posted previously about those races and about who’s on the ballot and where to vote.
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There is one precinct change in East Cobb that we haven’t noted before. If you’re a registered voter in the Elizabeth 03 precinct, your polling station has changed. It was at Marietta Alliance Church, but on Tuesday you’ll need to go the Piedmont Road Church of Christ (1630 Piedmont Road).
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at all precincts; if you are in line by 7 p.m. you will be allowed to vote. Voters will be asked to choose one ballot: Democratic, Republican or non-partisan (which will not list candidates of either party).
Also something from the weekend in case you missed it: An East Cobb legislative candidate has been disqualified due to a tax issue. Kevin James is a Republican and was running against incumbent State Rep. Sharon Cooper in House District 43.
His name will still be on the ballot, but votes for him will not be counted.
Here are our previous posts, Candidates on the Issues, for those races in East Cobb in which there are contested primaries.
One race we did not post about, due to some technical site issues we were having over the weekend, is the 6th Congressional District primary, where there is a possibility of a runoff on the Democratic side.
U.S. Rep. Karen Handel is unopposed in the Republican primary, but several Democratic candidates have lined up after Jon Ossoff declined to run again after last year’s special election.
They include former CBS46 news anchor Bobby Kaple, businessman Kevin Abel, gun-control advocate Lucy McBath and former CDC policy coordinator Steven Knight Griffin, a graduate of Lassiter High School who lives in Brookhaven.
McBath initially qualified to run in State House District 37 that includes some of East Cobb but switched after the February school shootings in Parkland, Fla. Abel and Kaple both live in North Fulton.
The District includes most of East Cobb, as well as parts of North Fulton and north and central DeKalb.
Should there be a runoff, that would take place on July 24.
Georgians also will decide their party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and other statewide offices. The Democratic ballot will include questions about gun bump stock sales, state Medicaid expansion, an independent redistricting commission and mass transit funding.
A few more links we’ve posted:
If you’re unsure of your precinct location, you can visit the Georgia Secretary of State’s website. Cobb Elections has a complete list of polling stations, in alphabetical order of precinct name, and street address.
Cobb Elections said that 12,994 people took part in advance voting in person, and another 1,735 through the mail.
