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Cobb County · Georgia

Cobb County voting snapshot

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November 3, 2026 · Cobb County

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New registration deadlineOCT 5For the November electionRequest a mailed ballotOCT 23County must receive your applicationElection DayNOV 37 a.m.–7 p.m. EasternOffices in county guide44Your ballot depends on your address

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How to vote

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  • By mail

    Apply early, follow the ID and signature instructions, and track your ballot. A postmark alone is not enough.

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  • Advance voting

    Use a designated site in your county.

    OCT 13–30
    October 13–30: weekdays 7 a.m.–7 p.m.; Saturdays October 17 & 24, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday voting October 18 & 25, noon–5 p.m., at Main Office, North Cobb Senior Center, East Cobb Government Center, Boots Ward Recreation Center and South Cobb Community Center only.

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  • Election Day

    Use your assigned polling place. If you are in line at closing time, stay in line.

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What to bring

An accepted Georgia photo ID. A Georgia driver’s license is accepted even if expired. See the full guide for all accepted IDs and free voter ID.

ID options & accessible votingElections office: 770-528-2581

1Your polling information

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Official precinct & polling lookup

2Important deadlines

  1. New registrationOctober 5
  2. Mailed-ballot requestOctober 23 · Received by county
  3. Advance votingOCT 13–30

    October 13–30: weekdays 7 a.m.–7 p.m.; Saturdays October 17 & 24, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday voting October 18 & 25, noon–5 p.m., at Main Office, North Cobb Senior Center, East Cobb Government Center, Boots Ward Recreation Center and South Cobb Community Center only.

  4. Election DayNovember 3 · 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Eastern
  5. Domestic mail ballot receivedNovember 3 · 7 p.m.

A general-election runoff, if required, is December 1. Check your county’s separate voting schedule.

All dates & registration details

3Districts & precincts

Your district numbers will appear here after address lookup. Match the office as well as the number.

We do not infer a precinct change or a new polling location from a district number.

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4Your ballot at a glance

Federal and state offices first, then courts, local offices and school board.

Federal offices4 offices

U.S. Senate and U.S. House

Georgia state offices32 offices

Statewide offices and Georgia General Assembly

County & local offices8 offices

County, city and special-district offices

Ballot measures

Statewide · Amendment 1

Amendment 1 · Conservation-use property: maximum eligible acreage

Who votes: All eligible Georgia voters.

Increase the acreage cap for one owner’s qualifying agricultural or timber land under conservation-use assessment from 2,000 to 4,000 acres. The resolution retains the ten-year conservation-use covenant and tax-recapture conditions.

YES: Approve the increase to 4,000 acres.

NO: Keep the constitutional cap at 2,000 acres.

Official ballot wording

Shall the Constitution of Georgia, for the purpose of protecting family farmland, be amended so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property from 2,000 acres to 4,000 acres?

Official measure information

Statewide · Amendment 2

Amendment 2 · Nonpartisan elections for probate judges

Who votes: All eligible Georgia voters.

Require all Georgia probate court judges to be elected on a nonpartisan basis. This concerns how those judges are elected.

YES: Require nonpartisan elections for all probate judges.

NO: Leave the Constitution unchanged by this proposal.

Official ballot wording

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to require that all probate court judges be elected in nonpartisan elections?

Official measure information

Statewide · Amendment 3

Amendment 3 · Dedicated fund for emergency 9-1-1 systems

Who votes: All eligible Georgia voters.

Authorize the General Assembly to dedicate specified existing revenues, including revenues reallocated by law, to a fund reserved for expanding, maintaining and operating emergency 9-1-1 systems. Money in the fund would carry forward instead of lapsing.

YES: Authorize the dedicated, nonlapsing 9-1-1 fund.

NO: Do not add this constitutional authority.

Official ballot wording

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to dedicate certain existing revenues, including revenues reallocated by law, to a nonlapsing fund to be used exclusively for the expansion, maintenance, and operation of emergency 9-1-1 systems in this state?

Official measure information

Eligible Cobb County voters.

Cobb County SPLOST renewal

Who votes: Eligible Cobb County voters.

Reimposes a 1% sales and use tax for up to six years, estimated to raise $1.15 billion for transportation, infrastructure, parks, public facilities and technology in the county and its seven municipalities.

YES: Reimposes the proposed sales tax.

NO: Does not reimpose the proposed sales tax.

Official ballot wording

Official measure information

Eligible City of Mableton voters.

Mableton redevelopment powers

Who votes: Eligible City of Mableton voters.

Would authorize the city to use the powers allowed under Georgia’s Redevelopment Powers Law.

YES: Authorizes the redevelopment powers.

NO: Does not authorize the redevelopment powers.

Official ballot wording

Shall the Act be approved which authorizes the City of Mableton, Georgia, to exercise all redevelopment powers allowed under the 'Redevelopment Powers Law,' as it may be amended from time to time?

Official measure information

Local questions apply only to the city or district shown. Additional questions may appear on your ballot.

Official wording & what YES / NO means

5Candidates & offices

The 44 candidate contests and 5 questions on the county’s November composite are listed in this guide. Your address selects district and city contests; confirm your personal sample ballot through Georgia My Voter Page. The county-posted Cobb PDF filename is draft v4; check for revisions.

Understanding district and seat labels

A district number belongs to a particular office. Congressional District 5 and State Senate District 5 are different areas.

Read the office, its district or seat, and “Who votes” together. A numbered seat can be elected countywide. Your precinct is the county’s voting area used to assign your polling place.

Federal offices4 offices

U.S. Senate and U.S. House

Georgia state offices32 offices

Statewide offices and Georgia General Assembly

Statewide offices

Public Service Commission

District 3 seat · Statewide vote

Who votes: All eligible Georgia voters.

The district identifies where a commissioner must live. Voters across Georgia elect this seat; it is not limited to residents of that district.

Official candidate recordFull office details

Georgia General Assembly

County & local offices8 offices

County, city and special-district offices

County offices

Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor

Cobb Countywide

Who votes: Eligible voters in Cobb Countywide.

  • John I. LloydNo party label in source
  • Brad A. WhitfieldNo party label in source
  • Frank WigingtonNo party label in source

Vote for 2; the county composite lists every district alternative.

Cobb County November 3 composite sample ballotFull office details

School board

Full candidate guide & district labels

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