East Cobb Votes: 2026 primary election-day coverage

Cobb Elections reports ‘election operations’ issues at polls

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Cobb Elections reports 'election operations' issues at polls
The line to vote at the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center stretched outside the building Tuesday afternoon. ECN photos.

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We’re updating all the races at this link.

UPDATED, TUESDAY, 6:20 P.M.

Cobb Superior Court Judge Kimberly Childs has issued an order keeping 11 precincts open past the 7 p.m. closing time Tuesday, due to technical issues with polling pad devices.

The order was requested by the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration. In East Cobb those precincts and new closing times are as follows:

  • Eastside 02 (EA02) – Sewell Mill Library, 2051 Lower Roswell Road—Open until 7:09 p.m.
  • Elizabeth 03 (EL03) – Piedmont Road Church of Christ, 1630 Piedmont Road—Open until 8 p.m.
  • Elizabeth 04 (EL04) – Gracelife Church, 1083 Allgood Road—Open until 7:30 p.m.
  • Lassiter 01 (LA01) – Pilgrimage United Church of Christ, 3755 Sandy Plains Road—Open until 7:30 p.m.
  • Powers Ferry 01 (PF01) – Sewell Mill Library, 2051 Lower Roswell Road—Open until 7:09 p.m.

UPDATED, TUESDAY, 5:30 P.M.

East Cobb News readers reported lengthy lines at their precincts on Tuesday.

Lauren Beth Reid said she waited two hours to cast her ballot at the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center, which this year is the venue for two precincts, and reported there hasn’t been much communication with voters on-site about the problems.

When East Cobb News visited the polling station around 3 p.m. Tuesday, the back of the line formed outside the front doors, and continued inside the lobby and through the facility’s art gallery leading to a room where the voting was taking place.

“There’s 30 people waiting out the sun. I’ve personally made phone calls to try to get things situated in a better way,” Reid wrote on the East Cobb News Facebook page after 4 p.m. Tuesday.

“They have no notices on the doors. Nobody’s come out and talk to anybody.”

Reid said older people initially were being allowed to come inside to the front of the line, but some were sent back.

“It’s a little chaotic. We’re trying to keep people safe and we’re the ones waiting in line doing it,” she added. “It’s a very disappointing. I have Uber eats and I’m half tempted to order five cases of ice cold water and pass them out to people, but I’d probably get in trouble. That’s truly how bad it is.”

Teri Hovsepian said the line where she votes at Sope Creek Elementary School is “the longest it’s been in recent memory.”

She said when she arrived at 2 p.m., three check-in machines weren’t working, and when her husband went there at 4 p.m. “the line was twice as long.”

Updated, 3:15 Tuesday:

Cobb Elections said the issues involve poll pad devices:

We are actively working with the Secretary of State to deploy additional poll pads. In the meantime, polling places are successfully utilizing backup manual check-in procedures to ensure voting continues without interruption.”

UPDATED, 8:50 A.M.:

 

Cobb Elections just issued the following message:

Cobb County Elections & Registration is aware of issues impacting some election operations today. Backup procedures are in place and voting has NOT stopped.

Voters are encouraged to remain patient as our staff work to assist voters and support polling locations across the county.

All eligible voters in line by 7:00 p.m. will be allowed to cast their ballot.

For questions or assistance, please call our office with any issues or concerns at 770-528-2581.

At 10:15 a.m., Cobb government sent out a release saying that there are “technical issues” at “some polling locations” but wasn’t more specific.

ORIGINAL REPORT, 7 A.M.

The polls are open in East Cobb and throughout Georgia Tuesday for the 2026 primary elections.

All precincts will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and East Cobb News will be providing updates at this link during voting hours.

We will update election results after the polls close on a separate link.

The deadline for mailed-in or hand-delivered absentee ballots to the Cobb Elections office is 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Voters in East Cobb will be deciding party nominees in local Cobb commission and school board races, as well as legislative and Congressional races and statewide elections, including governor and U.S. Senate.

See our complete voting guide for details, including sample ballots.

If there are runoffs, those will take place on June 16.

Voters must go to their assigned precincts. In East Cobb, seven precincts will have new locations for the primaries.

Voters must bring a valid photo ID with them to the polls (click here for details).

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

East Cobb News has published a story on our approach to covering politics and elections; we don’t endorse candidates and focus instead on providing information to help citizens cast their votes.

Cobb Elections said Monday that more than 78,000 ballots were cast in early voting, about 14 percent of all registered voters in the county.

The Tim D. Lee Senior Center and the East Cobb Government Service Center had the most early voters, with around 9,000 and 8,700 ballots cast there, respectively.

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