Where, How You Can Vote In East Cobb In Georgia Senate Runoffs

EAST COBB, GA — The crucial Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections in Georgia are Tuesday, with millions of voters having already casted their ballots early, by mail or by absentee ballot drop boxes.

Voters in East Cobb and across the state will decide on races for U.S. Senate seats — and in turn, which political party will be the Senate’s majority leader — between Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, and Republican incumbent Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, respectively.

Polls will be open statewide from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, Jan. 5. If you are in line by 7 p.m., you are allowed to cast your ballot.

For Election Day voting, you must report to your designated polling place in order to cast your ballot. You can find your polling location on your voter registration card, by logging into the Secretary of State’s My Voter Page or by calling your County Board of Registrar’s Office.

Bring your photo ID with you. Upon arrival, a poll worker will check your ID, verify that you are registered to vote and at the correct polling location, give you a voter access card or ballot, and allow you to vote.

Absentee Ballots

The Cobb County Department of Registration and Elections is offering secure ballot drop boxes to provide eligible voters a way to return their voted absentee ballots for the Jan. 5 runoff. No postage is necessary on ballots placed in the drop boxes.

The ballot drop boxes feature 24-hour surveillance and will be available 24 hours a day until 7 p.m. on Election Day. Voters must drop off their ballots by 7 p.m. Jan. 5 for it to be counted.

After placing your voted absentee ballot in the privacy envelope and the completed oath envelope, you may return your ballot in an official ballot drop box located in or near East Cobb here:

• Cobb County Elections and Registration, 736 Whitlock Ave., Marietta
• Cobb County Animal Services, 1060 Al Bishop Dr., SW, Marietta
• Gritters Library, 880 Shaw Park Road, Marietta
• Mountain View Library, 3320 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta
• East Cobb Government Service Center, 4400 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta
• Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center, 2051 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta
• Cobb County Fire Station No. 13, 4640 Dallas Highway, Marietta

If you voted by mail, your ballot must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day to count. If you requested an absentee ballot, haven’t mailed your ballot in yet and want to vote in-person on Election Day, you are allowed to do so. Bring your unused absentee ballot with you to your designated polling place.

For voters who decide to vote in-person because they never received their absentee ballot after requesting one, poll workers must first verify that they did not already return their absentee ballot. Voters must then sign a form to cancel the absentee ballot before being allowed to vote in person.

If you encounter a problem at the polls, contact your County Board of Registrar's Office or the Georgia Secretary of State. Call the Secretary of State at 404-656-2871 (in metro Atlanta) or 877-725-9797 (elsewhere in Georgia) to report an issue. You can also submit a complaint online to the Secretary of State Elections Division.