Board approves temporary precinct moves, adds Taylor Brauner House as advance-voting site and sets drop-off plan for SD 35 special election

The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration on a 5-0 vote approved two temporary precinct location changes for the Nov. 18 special election in Georgia Senate District 35, authorized Taylor Brauner House in Smyrna as an advance in-person voting site for the special election and for an extra week that overlaps the Nov. 4 municipal/PSC early voting period, and agreed to accept absentee ballots at Taylor Brauner by a staffed drop-off (not an unmanned drop box) while maintaining a single legal drop box at the elections main office.

Board chairwoman (presiding officer) opened a public hearing on temporary precinct changes after the board amended the agenda earlier to add SD 35 items. Michael (elections staff) told the board the first relocation would move voters from Dobbins 01 (Windy Hill Community Center) to Dobbins 02 (Cobb County Adult Education Center) because the original facility could not make the needed dates. "There are only 5 voters in Dobbins 01 for SD 35," Michael said; Dobbins 02 is roughly 0.4 miles away. The second relocation changes Smyrna 3B (Cumberland Community Church) to Smyrna 3A (Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church); staff said the two facilities share the same parcel and that the move keeps voters driving to essentially the same site.

After brief public comment praising access to voting, the board voted 5-0 to approve both temporary precinct changes together. The board then considered the AIP (advance in person) schedule for the Nov. 18 SD 35 special election. Michael described the proposed site and hours: Taylor Brauner House would operate Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–6 p.m. for three weeks, plus two Saturdays (9 a.m.–5 p.m.); there would be no Sunday voting and no voting on…