By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A number of Maryland boards of elections obtained bomb threats on Friday night time, state authorities stated, including election officers had been counting mail-in ballots when the threats got here and that everybody was protected.
State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis stated the threats led to evacuation of some buildings. He known as the threats “cowardly,” including native officers will resume canvassing on Saturday.
“Safety is top concern – but we WILL resume canvassing tomorrow. Cowardly threats whether from abroad or not shall not deter us,” DeMarinis stated on social media platform X.
“The Baltimore County Police Department is aware and currently investigating the bomb threat received via email by the Baltimore County Board of Elections Office,” police posted on X, later including {that a} probe discovered that menace unfounded.
Republican Donald Trump defeated Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election. Counting continued in components of the nation in native, congressional and presidential races.
The FBI stated that hoax bomb threats, a lot of which appeared to originate from Russian e-mail domains, had been directed on Tuesday at polling areas in 5 battleground states – Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania – as Election Day voting was below method. Russia denies interfering in U.S. elections.
Forward of the elections, officers in some states had braced for assaults and threats arising from misinformation and conspiracy theories concerning the vote.
