Source: US News & World Report
“Hoax bomb threats, many of which appeared to originate from Russian email domains, were directed at polling locations in three battleground states — Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin — as Election Day voting was underway, the FBI said on Tuesday. ‘None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far,’ the FBI said in a statement, adding that election integrity was among the bureau’s highest priorities. At least two polling sites targeted by the hoax bomb threats in the election battleground state of Georgia were briefly evacuated on Tuesday. Those two locations in Fulton County both re-opened after about 30 minutes, officials said, and the county is seeking a court order to extend the location’s voting hours past the statewide 7 p.m. deadline. Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger blamed Russian interference for the Election Day bomb hoaxes.” (11/05/24)