UPDATED, Nov. 2:
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As approved last month by the Cobb Board of Education, there’s a referendum coming in November to extend the Cobb Education SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax), which pays for school construction, maintenance and technology costs.
If approved, the Cobb Ed-SPLOST VI would collect an estimated $894 million from 2024-29 for projects in the Cobb County School District and Marietta City Schools.
Among the major items on the Cobb project list is a rebuild of the main Sprayberry High School classroom building.
It’s the only countywide item on the 2021 Cobb ballot, with county, state and federal elections coming in 2022. Municipal elections will take place this year in Cobb’s six cities, including Marietta, where there’s a contest for mayor.
Incumbent Steve “Thunder” Tumlin is being challenged by council member Michelle Cooper Kelly, whose ward includes part of East Marietta.
Late last week Cobb Elections put out some information for voters on registration, absentee ballot procedures, advance voting and more for the November elections. Here are some of those details and deadlines:
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Voters must register to vote or update their address by Oct. 4 at MVP.sos.ga.gov.
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Voters may submit an absentee ballot application only between Aug. 16 and Oct. 22.
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Absentee ballots will be mailed to voters beginning Oct. 11.
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Voted absentee ballots must be received by Cobb Elections staff before 7pm on Nov. 2, 2021.
- Ballots can be returned by postal mail, or
- hand-delivered to the ballot box inside the Cobb Elections office, or
- hand-delivered to any early voting location during voting hours.
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In a pilot program, Cobb Elections staff will also accept voted ballots at certain libraries starting on Oct. 25. A schedule or dates, times and locations will be published soon.
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Early voting will begin on Oct. 12. A schedule of dates, times and locations will be published no later than Sept. 27.
For questions and for more information, visit cobbcounty.org/elections email info@cobbelections.org,
More in the video below on how absentee voting will be different from 2020:
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I will not vote for the SPLOST. The administration is incapable of managing their main responsibility, the safety of their students and staff. How can y’all expect them to manage resources any better?