More than 5,000 votes cast through 2 weeks of early voting in Cobb
Oct. 22—Almost two weeks into the three-week early voting period, some 5,300 Cobb voters have cast a ballot.
As of Thursday, more than 4,100 Cobb residents had voted early, in-person. Another 1,165 people had returned an absentee ballot, out of a total of 4,277 who had requested absentee ballots.
Election Day is Nov. 2, and this year, voters will decide the fate of a new sales tax funding the Cobb and Marietta school districts and well as Marietta Board of Education members and city council members in five of Cobb's six cities: Acworth, Austell, Kennesaw, Marietta and Powder Springs.
Among municipal races, the one to determine mayor of Marietta will be closely watched, with two-term Councilwoman Michelle Cooper Kelly, an executive at Anheuser-Busch, seeking to unseat incumbent Mayor Steve "Thunder" Tumlin. Tumlin, a tax attorney and CPA, is seeking what would be his fourth term.
More information about the candidates and the debate surrounding the education SPLOST, as well as where and how to vote, can be found in the Journal's Saturday voter guide beginning on page C1.
