After at least two polling locations in Fulton County, Georgia, were briefly evacuated Tuesday morning, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, confirmed that at least one bomb threat made against a polling place was of Russian origin. In a press conference, Raffensperger noted that and threats were meant to sow fear and confusion and did not constitute any real danger. “We identified the source, and it was from Russia.” He did not, however, specify how he knew that Russia was behind the scheme.
“They’re up to mischief it seems,” Raffensperger said about the Russians. “They don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election.”
