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Cobb County election director reports 10,156 ballots counted as board recesses to await final returns
Summary
At an election-night meeting, the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration heard a director’s update showing 7,627 in-person votes and 2,529 absentee returns (ABM and AIP), then voted to recess while results finish syncing.
The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration recessed its October election-night meeting after hearing an operations update that showed 7,627 in-person votes and 2,529 absentee returns reported by the director, for a combined total of 10,156 ballots as poll pads continued to sync.
Director Paul, delivering the board’s director’s update, said, “As of about 07:04, it looks like we're tracking 7,626 voters so far today,” and later reported the office’s absentee categories (ABM and AIP) totaled 2,529, bringing the combined total to 10,156.
The director emphasized that counts were still changing as precinct equipment finished synchronizing. He said provisionals for ABM had been processed with “no provisionals outstanding for ABM,” and that “only 1 needs to be duplicated.” The director also told the board that AIP and ABM results should appear on the office’s results page by about 7:30 p.m.
Board member Mr. Bruning moved to approve the meeting agenda at the start of the session; Ms. Fisher seconded, and the board adopted the agenda on a voice vote. Later, with Mr. Bruning again moving and Ms. Fisher seconding, the board voted to recess the meeting “to observe the returns.” The board chair announced the motion passed unanimously and recessed the meeting at 7:06 p.m.
The session was short and described by the director as “relatively quiet,” with no outstanding precinct issues reported. The director noted the 7,627 figure covered ballots returned at polling places that day and did not include absentee totals until he later combined the ABM and AIP figures into the larger 10,156 total. The director also cautioned that the totals could rise “as poll pads continue to sync.”
No other formal actions or policy decisions were taken during the brief meeting; the board folded remaining business into the scheduled certification meeting the following Monday, according to one board member.
The board and staff framed the items discussed as operational updates and procedural motions: reporting vote totals in progress, confirming there were no outstanding provisional issues for the ABM category except one duplication, approving the agenda, and recessing to await the completion of result reporting.
