Community Corner
SPLOST Unofficially Passes By 79 Votes
It's finally here. Weeks of holding rallies, sending e-mails, placing signage, writing letters and attending forums on the SPLOST issue all end today. Check back with us throughout the day as we keep you updated.
The SPLOST four-year extension unofficially passed Tuesday night with a margin of 79 votes, 33 less than the amount of votes by which the last SPLOST passed in 2005 when about 40,000 Cobb residents cast their votes.
The Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration's website indicates that 42,971 people voted in the election, with 21,525 Cobb citizens siding with SPLOST and 21,446 against it.
Just under 11 percent of Cobb's 392,589 active registered voters cast their vote on the SPLOST, which would begin on Jan. 1, 2012, just as the current SPLOST ends. The sales tax would remain at 6 percent.
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Update 7 p.m.: The polls are officially closed. As of 2 p.m. today, the South Cobb Community Center had about 75 voters cast their votes. However, by 5 p.m. that number had increased to about 125, according to Fred Williams, a Cobb voting official.
At 6:30 p.m., the Austell Community Center had 171 voters and Garrett Middle School had received 117.
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The SPLOST voting results from the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration will be posted here as soon as we receive them.
Cobb County Election Results
21,446 Percentage 50.09% 49.91%
Unofficial results from the Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration as of 10:35 p.m.
The rallies, the e-mails sent to supporters or opposers of the SPLOST extension, the letters to commissioners or to media outlets and the forums with leaders from each side of the issue were all held to inform people and get them out today to the polls.
However, the rain may keep many away. According to the National Weather Service, there is the possibility of a thunderstorm before 2 p.m. with showers to come later. The chance of percipitation is 90 percent.
South Cobb Patch will be out at the polls, so check back throughout the day for updates and, of course, the final tally of votes this evening.
The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.
SOUTH COBB VOTING PRECINCTS (Mableton, Austell and unincorporated Austell):
Bryant 01 Bryant Intermediate School 6800 Factory Shoals Road SW, Mableton Bryant 02 Trinity United Methodist Church 821 South Gordon Road SW, Austell Clarkdale 01 Garrett Middle School 5235 Austell-Powder Springs Road, Austell Cooper 01 Cooper Middle School 4605 Ewing Road, Austell Harmony Leland 01 South Cobb Community Center 620 Lions Club Drive, Mableton Lindley 01 Lindley Middle School 50 Veterans Memorial Highway, Mableton Mableton 01 South Cobb Regional Library 805 Clay Road, Mableton Mableton 02 Sky View Elementary School 5805 Dunn Road, Mableton Mableton 03 Thompson Community Center 555 Nickajack Road, Mableton Mableton 04 Floyd Middle School 4803 Floyd Road, Mableton Pebblebrook 01 Pebblebrook High School 991 Old Alabama Road, Mableton Riverside 01 Riverside Intermediate School 285 South Gordon Road, Mableton Sweetwater 02 Presbyterian Village 200 East-West Connector, Austell
However, whether you've voted yet or not, we still want to hear what you think about this SPLOST.
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