Cobb EMC Holiday Lights Contest: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Cobb EMC Holiday Lights Contest and who runs it?

The Cobb EMC Holiday Lights Contest is a public vote for the best light display in Georgia. Cobb EMC runs it on its own website, and the ballot sits on the organizer's holiday lights page at cobbemc.com. Each year the organizer teams up with Cobb EMC members whose homes compete for votes, and visitors are invited to tour the displays and vote in the contest.

The page treats the holiday lights program as the main event and the vote as the way a visit turns into a ranking. Its wording asks families to see the displays in person, and the ballot follows from that tour. The entries are home light displays rather than businesses, which sets the contest apart from the best-of ballots this site lists for other Georgia markets.

Which editions of the Cobb EMC Holiday Lights Contest are confirmed?

Two editions are confirmed on the organizer's live ballot: 2025 and 2026. The 2026 page invites displays to join the 2026 Holiday Lights program, so the current round sits in the same holiday season as the 2025 edition. The organizer describes the contest as recurring every year, which points toward a 2027 round, but no 2027 round is printed on the ballot page yet.

Confirmed editions

Season timeline

The page sets the holiday season as the timing for the display vote, but it does not print a month, a closing day or a results date for either edition. Anyone planning around the contest should treat the holiday season as the only confirmed timing. When checking the page later, compare the year printed on the ballot with the 2026 entry invitation, since that invitation is the most recent wording the page carries.

How does a supporter vote in the contest today?

A supporter opens the organizer's holiday lights page at cobbemc.com, reads the displays listed there, and votes for one of them using the ballot on that page. The organizer frames the vote as part of a visit, so the tour and the ballot sit together on one page rather than in separate steps.

1. Open the holiday lights page on cobbemc.com.
2. Browse the displays the page lists.
3. Choose one display and submit a vote using the ballot on that page.

Read the instructions printed on the page before you submit, because they set the sequence for that round. The organizer's text sets out no daily vote limit, so how many votes one person may cast for a display is not stated here, and the page gives no sign-in rule that could be quoted as a fact.

How does this contest sit beside the other Georgia best-of ballots?

Six other Georgia ballots sit in this site's index, covering Athens, Augusta, Atlanta, Cobb, Forsyth and the Middle Georgia region. Each of them is a city or regional best-of poll, and several carry a magazine or newspaper name in their titles. The Cobb EMC contest differs in subject, because its entries are holiday light displays at homes, and in sponsor, because Cobb EMC runs the vote on its own website.

The holiday season is the only timing the organizer's page confirms for the Cobb EMC contest, while the sibling ballots are judged by their own calendars. A reader comparing the two should look at the entry type first, since a display competition and a city-wide best-of poll reward different kinds of support.

How can supporters get more votes for a display?

Getting more votes for a display in this contest comes down to reach and timing rather than shortcuts. Supporters can share the holiday lights page with friends, neighbors and family, and invite them to visit the display in person before they vote. The organizer's own text ties the vote to the visit, so a tour followed by a vote is the mechanic the page describes. Because each entry is a single home rather than a storefront, a visitor sees one display at a time and can judge it on the lights themselves before casting a ballot for it.

The site's general how-to guide explains honest outreach for public ballots in more detail: how to get more votes online. Read it alongside the organizer's rules, because the organizer's page is the authority for this contest, and nothing on this page replaces that page.

Georgia contests on this site differ widely in their rules, so a method that fits one ballot may not fit this one. For a general overview of the state's ballots, see the Georgia contest index, which groups the contests by category.