Election results came in quickly at Cobb County election headquarters Tuesday night. “As of 9 p.m. all of our absentee, in-person ballots had been uploaded and published to the

The bulk of Cobb County voters rejected a 1% sales tax increase to help the county expand bus and shuttle transport over the next 30 years.

Voters in Cobb and Gwinnett counties on Tuesday appeared to shoot down proposed sales taxes to fund billions of dollars in fancy buses, on-demand "microtransit" and bike trails. Why it matters: The failed votes mark the latest time the sprawling suburban counties have rejected a tax to fund transit.