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Cobb County election office reports 10,000+ voters and disables poll‑pad map after address errors
Summary
Cobb County election staff reported more than 10,000 voters by mid‑evening and temporarily disabled a poll‑pad map feature after multiple reports that the map displayed incorrect polling‑place addresses; staff said they will require vendor fixes and add new checks before re‑enabling the feature.
Director Tate of the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration reported that the office crossed 10,000 voters for the day, saying, “Looks like we just crossed over 10,000 voters for the day. So we're at 10,031, subject to a few last minute trickle ins.” Later in the meeting staff reported an updated daily total of 10,066 and a combined total of 16,412 voters for the election day including absentee and early in‑person ballots.
The director told the board the county received multiple reports early in the day that the polling‑place map function in the vendor poll‑pad was showing incorrect addresses even though the…
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