A Georgia judge on Monday agreed to have the ballot return deadline extended for about 1,000 Cobb County absentee voters who didn’t have their requested mail ballots sent out by elections officials.

The consent order (pdf) from Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill means that the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration will send replacement ballots to the 1,046 affected voters overnight on Monday.


It also means that the absentee ballots have a return deadline of Nov. 14, although the ballots must be postmarked and out in the mail by Election Day, Nov. 8, to be counted.

Nov. 15 is the date that counties in Georgia, a battleground state, must certify their election results.

Cobb County election officials announced on Nov. 5 that they failed to mail 1,046 requested absentee ballots. Elections and Registrations Director Janine Eveler said that human error caused the mishap.


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