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Check in Cobb to see how long you’ll wait in early voting lines

This was the line about 2 p.m. in Cobb County on the first day of early voting, Oct. 15, for the 2018 midterm elections.

Credit: Courtesy of Sam Geer

Credit: Courtesy of Sam Geer

This was the line about 2 p.m. in Cobb County on the first day of early voting, Oct. 15, for the 2018 midterm elections.
By Ben Brasch
Oct 16, 2018

Voting is your civic duty. But it's also everyone else's civic duty. And that leads to lines, especially during these 2018 midterms that have people across the country interested in Georgia.

If you're trying to zip in and zip out of a polling place, there's nothing worse than a big 'ol line. But Cobb County has a tool to show you the current wait times during these midterm elections.

READ | Turnout soars on the first day of early voting in Georgia

County data shows that 1,289 people voted in person in Cobb the first day of early voting, Monday, Oct. 15. Folks waited two hours in line that day at the county's elections office in Marietta.

For an easy look at which precincts are open when, all the times and dates for other early voting locations in Cobb can be found here.

You can check out the map tool here that shows wait times.

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In-person early voting in Georgia ends Nov. 2.

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Ben Brasch is the reporter tasked with keeping Fulton County government accountable. The Florida native moved to Atlanta for a job with The AJC. If there's something important to you going on in Fulton, he wants to know about it. Help him better metro Atlanta by dropping a line, anonymously or otherwise.

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