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 RoadGet more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.