Bomb threats target election offices in Maryland and Californiapublished at 11:37 Greenwich Mean Time
Several election offices in Maryland and California received bomb threats on Friday, according to state authorities. Police confirmed later that the threats were baseless, and no explosives were found.
Jared DeMarinis, Maryland State Administrator of Elections, said that some buildings were evacuated due to the threats, but that local officials would resume counting today.
“We are working with law enforcement and federal partners on these latest incidents. NOTHING will deter us from our mission,” he wrote in a post on X.
In California’s Orange and Riverside Counties, the voter registrars also received bomb threats with office buildings briefly evacuated as a result.
“We are working diligently to address this incident and keep all staff and members of the public who visit our office safe,” Bob Page, Orange County Registrar of Voters, said in a statement.