Suspicious packages allegedly targeting election officials found in 6 states

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

AS EARLY VOTING BEGINS IN SOME STATES– THREATS AGAINST ELECTION AND STATE OFFICIALS ARE RAMPING UP.

THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING WHY AND WHO SENT SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES CONTAINING POWDER TO ELECTION OFFICIALS IN AT LEAST SIX STATES– WHICH INCLUDED OKLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, NEBRASKA, IOWA, KANSAS AND WYOMING.

IN MOST CASES, THE MATERIAL APPEARS TO BE HARMLESS.

OKLAHOMA OFFICIALS SAID THE WHITE POWDER SENT MONDAY TO THEIR OFFICES CONTAINED FLOUR WHILE WYOMING OFFICIALS SAID RESULTS ON THE SUBSTANCE ARE PENDING.

SUSPICIOUS MAIL ALSO FORCED THE EVACUATION OF OFFICES IN IOWA, KANSAS AND WYOMING.

IN NEBRASKA,  A RETURN ADDRESS DISPLAYED THE WORDS: “U-S TRAITOR ELIMINATION ARMY.”

[SOURCE: (1) NE SECRETARY OF STATE ROBERT EVNEN (@NEBRASKASOS) / X]

NEBRASKA SECRETARY OF STATE BOB EVNEN SAID THE SITUATION WAS RESOLVED “THANKS TO THE SWIFT ACTION TAKEN BY OUR STAFF MEMBERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS”– AND NOTIFIED THE ELECTIONS DIVISIONS TO WARN OTHER STATES.

THE LATEST SCARES COME LESS THAN TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. LAST NOVEMBER, SUSPICIOUS LETTERS WERE SENT TO ELECTION OFFICIALS AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN A HANDFUL OF STATES.

SOME LETTERS CONTAINED FENTANYL AND DELAYED THE COUNTING OF BALLOTS IN SOME ELECTIONS.

THIS YEAR, OFFICES NATIONWIDE HAVE INCREASED SECURITY IN THE WAKE OF THE THREATS FOLLOWING THE 2020 ELECTION AND FALSE CLAIMS IT WAS “RIGGED.”

IN COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA, WHERE A TIGHT RACE IS EXPECTED, SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WILL BE AT EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AND PANIC BUTTONS ARE INSTALLED AT THE ELECTION OFFICE.

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FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS– I’M LAUREN TAYLOR.