Only hours after several Georgia polling stations were affected by bomb threats on Tuesday, four Arizona locations also received "unsubstantiated" bomb threats originating from Russia, officials said. In Atlanta, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters that voting was briefly disrupted. “We’ve heard some threats that were of Russian origin. I don’t know how to describe that that’s viable – we don’t think they are, but in the interest of public safety, we always check that out, and we’ll just continue to be very responsible when we hear about stuff like that,” Raffensperger, a Republican, added. “We identified the source, and it was from Russia.”Read More: “They’re up to mischief, it seems, and they don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election. Anything that can get us to fight amongst ourselves - they can count that as a victory.”Read More: Here is a list of counties affected in Arizona and Georgia:ArizonaNavajo County - Multiple polling sites received threats deemed non-credible by authorities.Maricopa County - Heightened security across various locations in response to similar threatsRead More: GeorgiaCobb County - Threats led to increased security at polling locations.DeKalb County (includes Atlanta) - Officials reported incidents of threats, prompting additional security measures.
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