The costly episode exposed flaws in how Cobb — Georgia’s third-largest county — manages requests for absentee ballots, and it may lead to changes in how the county handles future elections.

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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First/AP) - Cobb County election workers can only count absentee ballots received by 7 p.m. on Election Day despite mail delays, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday.

Georgia’s third-largest county ... However, a judge ruled Friday that Cobb County voters receiving their absentee ballots late can return them by Nov. 8, three days after Election Day, as ...

Cobb County, just north of Atlanta, didn’t mail out absentee ballots to some 3,400 voters who had requested them until late last week. Georgia law says absentee ballots must be received by the ...

Georgia’s third-largest county ... However, a judge ruled Friday that Cobb County voters receiving their absentee ballots ...

Thousands of voters who requested absentee ballots in Cobb County may not have their votes quotes. The Georgia Supreme Court stayed a lower court's decision to extend the deadline for the return ...

Cobb County, just north of Atlanta, didn’t mail out absentee ballots to some voters who had requested them until late last week. Georgia law says absentee ballots must be received by the close ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s highest court has ... the county elections office by 7 p.m. that day. Cobb County failed to mail out absentee ballots to some voters who had requested them until ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of voters in Georgia's third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late will not get an extension to return them, the state's highest court decided on Monday.