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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

4 elections offices in Washington are evacuated due to suspicious envelopes, 2 containing fentanyl

Seattle Times

Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday’s election.

The elections offices were located in King County — home of Seattle — as well as Skagit, Spokane and Pierce counties, the Secretary of State's Office said in emailed news release. Local, state and federal agents were investigating, and no one was injured, officials said.

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