Atlanta: Presidential elections were held in the US on November 5. Meanwhile, the FBI has given a big news. The FBI said that several fake bomb threats have been received from a Russian email domain. They said that on Tuesday threats were sent to polling stations in four states - Georgia, Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin.
The FBI said in a statement that so far no threats have been deemed credible. It also said that election integrity is one of the bureau's top priorities. At least two polling places in Georgia targeted by fake bomb threats were evacuated for some time.
Officials said both polling places in Fulton County reopened about 30 minutes later, and the county is seeking a court order to extend voting hours at those locations beyond the 7 p.m. deadline. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, blamed Russian interference for the election day bombings.
"It looks like they're up to mischief. They don't want our elections to be fair, fair and accurate, and if they can get us fighting each other, they can consider it a victory," Raffensperger told reporters.
The Russian Embassy in Washington said allegations of Russian interference were "malicious."
"We would like to stress that Russia has not and will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, including the United States. As President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stressed, we respect the will of the American people," the embassy said in a statement.
Ann Jacobs, head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, said fake bomb threats were sent to two polling stations in the state capital, Madison, but did not disrupt voting.
A spokesman for Michigan's Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said there had been reports of bomb threats at several polling stations, but none were credible. The spokesman said Benson's office had been informed that the threats may be linked to Russia.
An FBI official said Georgia received more than two dozen threats, most of them in Fulton County, which covers much of Atlanta, a Democratic stronghold. Police in DeKalb County, Georgia — another Democratic stronghold — later responded to bomb threats at seven locations, according to a county press release.
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