Politics & Government

Cobb Voters Head to Polls for SPLOST Referendum

A sparse 10 percent turnout expected on a rainy day for voting.

Updated: 7:02 p.m. 

 Cobb citizens have completed voting in the latest Cobb Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) referendum that would extend collection of the current penny sales tax through 2015. 

But rainy weather may have dampened an already-low estimate for voter turnout, according to Cobb Board of Elections director Janine Eveler.

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By late Tuesday morning, she said 10 percent of Cobb's 392,589 active registered voters were on track to go to the polls.

"Things are a little slow, but they’re going well," she said.

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Eveler said some more voters might trickle in after work. 

The proposed four-year, $492 million extension of the SPLOST would fund a wide array of transportation and facilities improvements, including schools, public safety, parks and recreation and libraries. 

An estimated  of the funding, if approved by voters, would be spent on projects in East Cobb. 

The Cobb Board of Elections & Registration said over the weekend that 6,522 Cobb citizens took part in advance voting that ended Friday.

Groups supporting and opposed to the SPLOST extension held final rallies on the Marietta Square on Sunday. 

Here's previous coverage from East Cobb Patch of the referendum campaign.

And what follows is more information on the Web on the SPLOST project list, as well as the positions of the leading groups supporting and opposed to the sales tax extension: 

Official Cobb SPLOST site: cobbsplost2011.org

Citizens for Cobb's Future (pro-SPLOST): cobbsfuture.org

Vote No March 15 (anti-SPLOST): http://votenomarch15.com

East Cobb Patch will provide continuing coverage throughout the day on Tuesday, and update the final numbers and East Cobb vote breakdown when the results are tabulated on Tuesday night. 

EAST COBB VOTING PRECINCTS (ZIP Codes 30062, 30067, 30068)

NAME  LOCATION  ADDRESS Chesnut Ridge  Chesnut Ridge Christian Church 2663 Johnson Ferry Road Dickerson  Dickerson Middle School  855 Woodlawn Road  Dodgen Dodgen Middle School 1725 Bill Murdock Road Eastside 01 Congregation Etz Chaim  1190 Indian Hills Parkway Eastside 02 Eastside Baptist Church 2450 Lower Roswell Road  Elizabeth 03 Alliance Christian Church  1787 East Piedmont Road  Elizabeth 04 Marietta Church of God  1083 Allgood Road  Fullers Park Fullers Recreation Center  3499 Robinson Road  Garrison Mill  Garrison Mill Elementary School  4111 Wesley Chapel Road  Hightower  Hightower Trail Middle School  3905 Post Oak Tritt Road  Marietta 6A Lockheed Elementary School 1205 Merritt Road Marietta 6B Mt. Paran Church of God North  1700 Allgood Road Mount Bethel 01 Johnson Ferry Baptist Church  955 Johnson Ferry Road  Mount Bethel 03 East Cobb Government Center  4400 Lower Roswell Road  Mount Bethel 04 Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church 4385 Lower Roswell Road  Murdock Murdock Elementary School  2320 Murdock Road  Powers Ferry  John Knox Presbyterian Church  505 Powers Ferry Road  Pope  Pope High School  3001 Hembree Road  Roswell 01 East Cobb Church of Christ  5240 Roswell Road  Roswell 02 Mt. Zion Methodist Church  1770 Johnson Ferry Road  Shallowford Falls  Shallowford Falls Elementary School  3529 Lassiter Road  Sewell Mill 01 Temple Kol Emeth  1415 Old Canton Road  Sewell Mill 03 Holt Road Baptist Church  675 Holt Road  Sope Creek 01 Holy Family Catholic Church  3401 Lower Roswell Road  Sope Creek 02 Sope Creek Elementary School  3320 Paper Mill Road  Sope Creek 03 Lutheran Church of the Resurrection  4814 Paper Mill Road  Terrell Mill  Eastvalley Elementary School  2570 Lower Roswell Road  Timber Ridge  Timber Ridge Elementary School  5000 Timber Ridge Road  Tritt  Northeast Cobb YMCA 3010 Johnson Ferry Road 


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