Arizona is one of several states where polling places have received bomb threats that the FBI says came from Russia.
“As for the bomb threats in Arizona, they were solely related to four specific locations in Navajo County,” Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said in a statement. press conference Tuesday afternoon. Fontes called the threats “unsubstantiated” and is believed to be of Russian origin, but declined to comment further.
The FBI has said that “several states” have seen bomb threats against certain polling places and that the threats are coming from Russian email domains. None of the threats have been deemed credible.
The threats in Arizona did not force polls to close, and Fontes said no voters were turned away as a result.
“We have no reason to believe that anyone is in danger,” Fontes said.
Similar bomb threats caused disruptions in Georgia where election officials are now seeking a court order to allow certain polling places to remain open past the 7 p.m. deadline.
Fontes would not provide further information about which polling places were targeted, and an email to the Navajo County Elections Department was not immediately returned. Other swing states have done so received similar threats.
This is a breaking story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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