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Cobb County elections office reports 16,468 ballots cast; board unanimously certifies April 29 special election
Summary
Director Fall presented turnout and ballot totals for the April 29 special election; the Cobb County Board of Elections unanimously certified the results and scheduled a risk‑limiting audit for the following morning.
Director Fall, director of the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration, presented official totals from the April 29 special election and the board voted unanimously to certify the results.
"This gave us a total of 16,468 ballots cast," Director Fall told the board as she walked members through pre‑election, absentee‑by‑mail and election‑day numbers. She said overall turnout for the election was 6.85 percent.
The report included a breakdown of advance in‑person (AIP) voting, absentee by mail (ABM) returns and election‑day activity. Director Fall said AIP produced 6,217 voters, Smyrna was the busiest AIP site with just under 3,000 voters, and ABM produced 163 total returned ballots with six provisional ABM ballots returned; four of those were cured. On election day, she reported 10,066 voters at polling places. Director Fall said the only change to the official results after the last pre‑certification packet was the provisional total, which ended at 22 ballots.
The board then moved to a formal vote. Mr. Bruning moved to certify the April 29 results and Miss Fisher seconded; the chair called the question and the motion "passes unanimously," according to the meeting record.
Director Fall also noted that a risk‑limiting audit will begin at 9 a.m. the next day at the elections office. "There'll be six teams, so both parties can send six representatives, and it'll take place at our main office," she said, adding the audit will sample just over 10,000 ballots for a 5 percent risk limit.
The certification vote was limited to approving the official election summary report presented by Director Fall; no other actions were taken on election administration during that vote.
Board members asked no substantive follow‑up questions after the certification vote and the board moved on to public comment and other agenda items.
The board's certification and the audit schedule complete the formal steps required under state election procedures for the April 29 special election.
