Early voting and poll training

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Early voting and poll training

Early voting in Cobb County along with a class for poll workers.

People take advantage of advance and absentee voting Wednesday at the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration offices, well ahead of next Tuesday's Georgia primary. Absentee voting has been in progress since Dec. 21 and advance voting ends Friday in most counties.

Teresa Jones (at voting machine) casts her ballot Wednesday. Waiting to hand her a "I'm a Georgia Voter" sticker (foreground) is election worker Jeanette Marctich.

Barbara Stevens of Marietta votes Wednesday at Cobb's main elections office on Whitlock Avenue in Marietta.

Christine Cato (left), and Kathleen Patti demonstrate the proper procedure for setting up a voting machine. The women were helping train a group of poll workers Wednesday at the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration offices.

The class of of Cobb poll learns, among other things, the proper way to handle voting machines, some of which are shown at front.

Cobb precinct worker Manitta Harris familiarizes herself with a voting machine. She'll be answering questions from voters Tuesday. Harris was in a class of trainees Wednesday.

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People take advantage of advance and absentee voting Wednesday at the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration offices, well ahead of next Tuesday's Georgia primary. Absentee voting has been in progress since Dec. 21 and advance voting ends Friday in most counties.

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