Politics & Government

Northeast Cobb Heads to the Polls on Tuesday

July 31 will be an important day in the history of Cobb County and the Metro Atlanta area.

Residents of Northeast Cobb County are expected to to on a myriad of local and county-wide issues and races during Tuesday's election.

The biggest issue on the ballot is the TSPLOST referendum, covered in local and state media extensively. If passed, the referendum would add a one cent sales tax to pay for in the Metro Atlanta area. The proposed tax has been hotly debated over the last few months, with and TSPLOST groups making their opinions known.

Another statewide issue is House Resolution 1162, which would allow the state to override the decision of local school boards to reject charter schools in their jurisdiction. Tensions flared earlier this year, when the by the . This resolution will be voted on in November; the question on today's ballot is non-binding and will appear for registered Democrats only.

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Post 5 of the School Board is being contested by controversial incumbent and , . Banks has been the lightning rod for the .

On the county level, the two big races are the chairmanship of the and the races for state and Congressional representatives.

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, and are all seeking to replace current chairman .

In the state house, representatives , and Matt Dollar will have to to retain their seats. Carson is running against Northeast Cobb's .

On the national level, Rep. Tom Price (R) faces no Republican challengers but will have a Democrat opponent to contend with to keep his newly-redrawn district.

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