BREAKING: 15 Georgia polling places extend hours, 12 due to Russian-originated bomb threats, official says
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From CNN’s Michael Conte and Jason Morris
A total of 12 voting locations will have their hours extended due to bomb threats, according to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, as well as three additional polling locations due to “normal causes.”
Six polling locations in DeKalb County, five in Fulton County and one in Gwinnett County —which all encompass the Atlanta suburbs — will have their hours extended due to bomb threats, as well as two in Cobb County and one in Glynn County, according to Raffensperger.
The Fulton and Gwinnett extensions were previously reported by CNN.
Raffensperger also confirmed that all of the bomb threats against polling places in Georgia appear to have originated from Russia.
“The FBI knows where it’s coming from, but we want to make sure in the interest of public safety, make sure that it doesn’t slow down anyone from voting,” Raffensperger said at a press conference about the bomb threats.
The Peach State’s top election official also said that a record of more than 5.2 million people will have voted in Georgia.
“We’ve never had this kind of turnout before, so voters are responding,” Raffensperger said.
New state law requires counties to post their results one hour after their polls close.
“It’ll be a whole lot faster than it’s ever been before, and we think that’s a good thing,” said Raffensperger. |
