A Cobb County Superior Court judge has ordered elections officials to allow absentee ballots for Tuesday’s runoff election to be submitted through Dec. 9.
- Ballots will have to be postmarked by Election Day — 7 p.m. Dec. 6 — for them to be valid, county spokesman Ross Cavitt told Axios.
- The extension, which is the same deadline for military and overseas voters, applies to anyone who requested a ballot on or before Nov. 26 but has not received it.
- Affected voters can vote using a federal write-in absentee ballot if they don’t receive their official ballot from the county by Tuesday.
Catch up quick: Two residents filed a lawsuit late Thursday asking for the extension after Cobb Elections Director Janine Eveler said there were delays in sending out about 3,400 ballots.
What they’re saying: Eveler, whose comments were included in a video uploaded to the county’s YouTube page, said that since government offices were closed for Thanksgiving on Nov. 24 and Nov. 25, staff members didn’t…
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