At least two polling places temporarily closed in Fulton County, Georgia, on Tuesday after authorities received “non-credible” bomb threats.
Fulton County police said the voting locations at the Etris Community Center and Gullatt Elementary school in Union City closed for a short duration Tuesday morning in response to the threats. The two polling locations were closed for about 30 minutes each, local news station 11 Alive reported .
“The Fulton County Department of Registration & Elections will seek a court order to allow these polling places to remain open for the same period as the temporary closure,” police said.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a press conference the threats were “of Russian origin.”
“So they’re up to mischief, it seems. And they don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election,” he said of Russia.
“And they think they can get us to fight among ourselves. They can count that as a victory. So that’s as you talked a little bit about, the Russians. They’re not our friends. Anyone that thinks they are hasn’t been reading the newspapers.”
Source: foxnews
