By Mark Woolsey
There was plenty of praise for Elections Director Leigh Phillips after her first general election in the role, although one board member questioned a few procedures.
Phillips told the board Monday afternoon that the county recorded 339,277 votes. Early in-person voting drew 227,318 voters over three weeks, more than double the 100,427 who cast ballots on Election Day, Nov. 3.
The county also recorded 11,249 absentee ballots by mail and 283 provisional votes, Phillips said.
Phillips said the county resolved a small discrepancy in Election Day voting. A total of 100,476 voters checked in at county polling places, but 100,427 cast ballots.
Based on reports from polling places, Phillips said, 13 voters abandoned their ballots and 36 left with their ballots.
Nearly 65% of Cobb’s 525,871 registered voters cast ballots in the election.
“I just wanted to thank everybody for a very smooth election,” said board Vice Chair Stacey Efrat. “The last few big elections there have been a few hiccups and we’ve been bracing for something, but it all went really well,” she added, thanking Phillips, elections staff and poll workers.
Board Chair Jennifer Mosbacher also congratulated Phil...