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With hundreds of people lining up outside the polls in Marietta on Saturday morning in cold weather, Cobb County is on track for a "historic turnout" at a governorship election, according to a report. senior election officer for Cobb County.
Janine Eveler, director of elections and registrations for Cobb County, said Saturday that waiting lines at the main polling station at Whitlock Avenue lasted between three and four hours. waiting times were closer to an hour, maybe even shorter.
According to Eveler, between 1,600 and 1,700 people will vote Saturday at the main polling station in Cobb County, compared to 1,000 people who voted Saturday, 2014.
She said the turnout was becoming historic for a race for governor, and that the numbers are more similar to what they see for the presidential elections.
It was a cold morning – in the 1950s – but everyone stayed in line, ready to wait to make their choice for the mid-term elections. Many people were bundled up, some even wrapped in blankets.
Some people brought books, others looked at their smart phones. A lot of hot coffee – to help you spend the time as comfortably as possible
Saturday is a day imposed on counties to provide early voting sites, and some metropolitan counties will also have open polls on Sunday for voters earlier. After all, weekday lines have been long in many places over the past two weeks.
According to Gwinnett's official observer of waiting times in polling stations, voters were better off, with short wait times in his polls open on Saturday. By late morning, the longest wait was recorded at 10 minutes.
On Cobb's main election site, many said they could not go to the polls during the week because of their jobs.
Dave Hensley, a 25-year-old investment banker in Marietta, said it was more convenient to vote on a Saturday.
"It's important to vote," he said. "I have exercised my right to vote since I was 18."
After the end of next week of early voting on Friday, voters will have their last chance to run on election day on Tuesday, November 6th.
For the first voting hours and voting locations for your county, use the My Elector page of the Georgian State Secretary or choose your county from the list below.
The Secretary of State link is also a good place to make sure you are registered to vote and check the information about the mail ballots.
Use these links to find the first places and voting times for Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Clayton or another metropolitan county of Atlanta.
"Visit AJC.com today for updates on advance voting in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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