Why Did I Receive Two Absentee Ballot Applications In Cobb County?

Press release from the Cobb County Government:

April 9, 2020

Cobb Elections announced on March 23rd that we were sending an absentee ballot application to all voters 60 years old and older. At that time the Secretary of State had not yet solidified their plan to mail applications to all Georgians and we anticipated that their effort would take several weeks. We fully anticipated that our application would arrive into the hands of 60+ year-old voters in a little over a week; however, our normally reliable print vendor experienced significant challenges while operating under the coronavirus pandemic. In the meantime, the Secretary of State was able to quickly get their application out in the mail. As a result, most voters have already received the “Secure the Vote” application and older voters are just now receiving our mailing. Both mailings are valid. One is from the Secretary of State, the other is from Cobb County. If you have already submitted an absentee application for the May 19th General Primary, you do not need to submit another one or do anything further. If you voted in the March 24th Presidential Primary, your May 19th ballot will include the General Primary and Nonpartisan races without the Presidential race. If you did not already vote in the March 24th Presidential Primary, then your May ballot will be combined to include everything.

This press release was produced by Cobb County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.