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Cobb County Board of Elections Certifies Senate District 35 Runoff; Staff Note Reporting Discrepancy
Summary
At a Dec. 22 meeting the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration certified the Dec. 16 special election runoff for Senate District 35 after staff reported totals (3,796 votes, ~5.3% turnout), provisional and absentee counts and discussed a registration-count discrepancy tied to a manual data entry.
The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration certified the Dec. 16 special election runoff for Senate District 35 at a Dec. 22 certification meeting, after elections staff presented vote totals and addressed a registration-count discrepancy.
Michael, an elections staff member who delivered the director's election report, told the board "we saw 1,864 voters at Smyrna Community Center" for advance in-person voting and said the jurisdiction recorded 1,902 election-day voters. "We had 30 ballots returned. 2 of those ballots were rejected, and we accepted 28," he said. Michael reported two provisional ballots and a grand total of 3,796 votes, which he described as "roughly 5.3% turnout."
Board members moved and seconded a motion to certify the results. After members present voiced their approval, Speaker 1 stated,…
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