Residents of Cobb County will have the chance to vote on Sunday alcohol sales this summer. But for some, it won’t be the first time they’ve voted on the issue.
On March 6th, voters in unincorporated Cobb County cast their ballots on Sunday alcohol sales. However, the measure was mistakenly left off the ballot in the county’s six cities. Attorney Justin O’Dell filed a petition on behalf of voters to reschedule the vote. This week a superior court judge agreed with him.
“The matter will be re-voted on the already-scheduled July 31 election date,” O’Dell says, “Which is important, because by doing it that way, we avoided a special election, which would’ve cost the taxpayers.”
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