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What’s on the ballot for Cobb’s special election

The special election will be March 21, 2017
The special election will be March 21, 2017
By Ben Brasch
March 21, 2017

Residents of Cobb and Marietta vote today on whether their school systems will enact their fifth Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or E-SPLOST.

Cobb is asking for about $797 million and Marietta requests about $62.4 million.

The E-SPLOST is a one-cent sales tax that lasts a maximum of five years or until the established cap is reached.

View a sample ballot here.

And if you live in Marietta, you might vote on a new education board member out of Ward 6 — the northeast section of Marietta represented on the city council by Michelle Cooper-Kelly.

The candidates for that position are Patricia Echols, a paralegal and private investigator, and realtor Kerry Minervini.

As always, check online whether or not you're registered to vote.

RELATED: Cobb education SPLOST by the numbers

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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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