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News Articles: Cobb County

Voters in Bibb County, Ga. wait in line at a polling place on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022 to cast their ballots in the runoff election for U.S. Senate between incumbent Democratic Se. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

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Early voting for U.S. Senate runoff sees long lines amid high turnout

Fourteen Georgia counties opened polling places over the weekend Nov. 26 and Nov. 27, with statewide early voting starting Nov. 28 and ending the Friday before the Dec. 6 runoff election for U.S. Senate. 

November 28, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
A sign showing the way for voters stands outside a Cobb County voting building during the first day of early voting, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in Marietta, Ga

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Ballot deadline extended for some Georgia voters after error

A judge has agreed to extend the deadline to return absentee ballots for voters in a suburban Atlanta county who didn’t receive their ballots because election officials failed to mail them,

November 07, 2022
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  • Associated Press
A person drops off a mail-in ballot at an election ballot return box in Willow Grove, Pa., Oct. 25, 2021. On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, The Associated Press reported on a film that used a flawed analysis of cellphone location data and ballot drop box surveillance footage to cast doubt on the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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  • Elections

Over 1K absentee ballots never mailed to some Georgia voters

A Georgia county's election official has admitted failing to mail more than 1,000 absentee ballots to voters who asked for them. Most of the Cobb County voters who weren't sent their ballots will now have to vote in person on Election Day if they want to vote.

November 07, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Greater Georgia, a organization founded in 2021 by former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler to promote conservive candidates, has targeted Hispanic voters with roundtable discussions and events like a July 28 voter registration drive at a Supermercado in DeKalb County.

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The variety of voter groups has grown in Georgia, reflecting an increasingly diverse electorate

Voting advocacy groups in Georgia are working to mobilize a disengaged and diverse group of voters for the upcoming midterm elections that will determine not just leadership of the state government but could also once again decide control in Congress.

September 15, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center

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Political Rewind: Health care top campaign issue; 9/11 tributes; Pine Lake decriminalizes abortion

Monday on Political Rewind: The Atlanta Medical Center is closing. How will candidates motivate voters concerned by a shrinking health care safety net? Meanwhile, the Walker campaign says Sen. Raphael Warnock and other Democrats "use race to divide us." Elsewhere, a women-led city moves to decriminalize abortion.

September 12, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
In a tweet, the American Jewish Committee stated that “Regardless of intent, @CobbSchools should have realized that the new logo for East Side Elementary bears a striking and uncomfortable resemblance to the Nazi eagle. This only clarifies the urgent need for comprehensive Holocaust education at all levels.”

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Cobb County school logo resembling a Nazi symbol sparks outrage

The rollout of a new logo for East Side Elementary School in Marietta has been paused after parents noted similarities between the logo and a Nazi symbol.

July 20, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Cobb County court building

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Court rules PSC residency rule doesn’t block Democrat Edwards from ballot

Democrat Shelia Edwards won the May primary outright to run for an Atlanta-based district on the state Public Service Commission, but her former primary opponents are arguing Edwards should not appear on the ballot at all. But a judge ruled differently.

July 19, 2022
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  • Jill Nolin
A Cobb County School bus moves on street Friday, March 13, 2020, in Kennesaw, Ga. Georgia's second-largest school district on Thursday, July 14, 2022 approved a policy allowing some employees who aren't certified police officers carry guns in schools, but excluded teachers from those who can be armed.

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Cobb Co. school system to let some non-officers carry guns

Georgia's second-largest school district has approved a policy that lets some employees who aren't certified police officers carry guns in schools. But the proposal was changed to specifically exclude teachers from those who can be armed in the suburban Atlanta system.

July 15, 2022
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  • Associated Press
An advanced voting sign is seen, in Marietta, Ga. on May 19, 2022 during early-in person voting before Georgia's May 24, 2022 primary. Changes in Georgia state law have left less time to vote early before the June 21, 2022 runoff.

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  • Elections

Shortened Georgia runoff poses hurdles for voters, officials

Amid criticism of other voting changes, few noticed in 2021 when Georgia lawmakers shortened the period between an election and a runoff from nine weeks to four weeks. But the change is leaving less time to vote early before the state's June 21 runoff.

June 14, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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Political Rewind: Former Georgia U.S. Attorney BJay Pak testifies; Bipartisan effort on gun safety

Monday on Political Rewind: Former Georgia U.S. Attorney B.J. Pak is expected to testify before the Jan. 6 committee hearings this morning. Plus, a bipartisan Senate committee has reached a possible deal on gun legislation. Meanwhile, rifts widen between Trump-aligned GOP officials and Gov. Brian Kemp.

June 13, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Map of Cobb County

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Rushed and skeptical voters give thumbs down to three proposed Cobb cities

The proposed city of East Cobb failed by the largest margin with 5,900 in favor, good for 26.6% of the vote to 16,289 opposed, or 73.4%. Lost Mountain in west Cobb failed 42% to 58% with the anti side up over 4,000 votes, and Vinings in the south came closest to passing at 55% to 45%, decided by 255 votes out of 2,555.

May 26, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
This image provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Virgil Presnell. The life of Virgil Presnell, a Georgia man set to be executed Tuesday, May 17, 2022 for killing an 8-year-old girl should be spared, his lawyer argues, explaining that her client has significant cognitive impairments that likely contributed to his crimes and has suffered horrific abuse in prison.

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Georgia appeals order staying execution set for Tuesday

The state of Georgia is appealing a judge’s ruling that stayed the execution of a man who killed an 8-year-old girl and raped her 10-year-old friend 46 years ago. Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. abducted and attacked the two girls as they walked home from school in Cobb County, just outside Atlanta, in May 1976.

May 17, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Opponents and proponents of the East Cobb cityhood movement debated May 4, 2022, before a crowd of more than 200 residents at Pope High School.

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The debate over East Cobb cityhood is a clash of change versus status quo

Political tensions bubbled up but remained respectful as both sides of the East Cobb cityhood movement debated Wednesday night before a crowd of more than 200 residents at Pope High School.

May 06, 2022
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  • Donna Lowry
A sign in the ground outside a home in Cobb County on Feb. 14, 2022 encourages residents to vote in favor of creating the city of East Cobb. It's one of three cityhood referendums coming up in May in Cobb County that follow the election of three Black women to the county commission in the 2020 election, giving Democrats a majority on the commission for the first time in decades.

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Georgia cityhood push divides: White flight or self-rule?

Georgia's Republican-controlled state Legislature has passed legislation that would give three mostly white areas of a metro Atlanta county the chance to form their own cities this year. Critics see a racial and political backlash.

March 04, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Braves fans don pearls during the celebration at Truist Park on Nov. 5 in honor of Braves outfielder Joc Pederson.

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  • Sports

Braves fans and Cobb County businesses want MLB dispute resolved

With owners and players unable to reach an agreement, Major League Baseball is canceling its opening day as well as the season’s first six games. This leaves the Atlanta Braves' season in limbo.

March 02, 2022
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  • Amanda Andrews
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