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Cobb County election officials approve advanced in-person voting schedule for Districts 2 and 4
Summary
Cobb County election officials voted unanimously to approve an advanced in-person (AIP) voting schedule for the upcoming commission-seat election in Districts 2 and 4, endorsing weekend and weekday hours but the transcript contains inconsistent date references that were not resolved during the meeting.
Cobb County election officials unanimously approved a proposed advanced in-person (AIP) voting schedule for the commission-seat contest in Districts 2 and 4, the group said during a meeting where staff detailed location and hour adjustments related to Easter-weekend closures.
The approved motion — moved by Miss Mosbacher and seconded by Miss Fisher — passed without opposition. The vote covered the locations and hours staff proposed for AIP voting and included a separate, unanimously approved motion to recess the meeting until election results were complete.
An elections staff member told the group the original schedule would have placed voting over Easter weekend, so staff proposed changing Saturday coverage to sites that would be open. The staff member said: "So 1 office here in D2 and then South Cobb Community Center in D4 for Saturday, April 19 from 9 to 5." The same staff member also said, "No Sunday voting as it's Easter Sunday." The staff member added the plan was to post the notice on the county website and email it to parties so they could assemble poll-watcher lists.
The transcript contains inconsistent date references that were not resolved on the record: the staff member described Saturday hours on "April 19," while the motion recorded and approved in the meeting text referred to the "April 29 general election." The record does not specify which calendar date the county intends for the Saturday AIP sessions; that detail was not clarified during the meeting.
Staff explained the change arose because Smyrna Community Center would be closed "from Good Friday through Easter Sunday," preventing it from hosting a Saturday AIP session, so staff proposed keeping one Saturday location in District 2 (the main office, as stated) and one in District 4 (South Cobb Community Center). The staff member also stated that the main office, Old Clarkdale, South Cobb and Smyrna locations would be open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; the transcript does not specify the exact calendar range for those weekday hours.
A board member suggested a minor wording edit to the public notice — listing the two Saturday locations separately — to reduce confusion about which sites would be open on the weekend; staff agreed to make that edit. An unrelated procedural note from POP Communications was read into the record: the full meeting recording will be posted to the Cobb County YouTube channel because of technical difficulties experienced during the meeting.
The meeting concluded with a motion by Mr. Bruning, seconded by Miss Fisher, to recess until election results were complete; that motion also passed unanimously. The transcript records the board entering recess at 7:12 p.m.
Votes at a glance: Approved — motion to adopt the proposed AIP voting schedule for the general election covering Districts 2 and 4 (moved by Miss Mosbacher; seconded by Miss Fisher; outcome: approved unanimously). Approved — motion to recess the meeting until election results are complete (moved by Mr. Bruning; seconded by Miss Fisher; outcome: approved unanimously).
