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Suspicious packages had been despatched to election officers in at the very least six states on Monday, however there have been no studies that any of the packages contained hazardous materials.
Powder-containing packages had been despatched to secretaries of state and state election workplaces in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Wyoming and Oklahoma, officers in these states confirmed. The FBI and U.S. Postal Service had been investigating. It marked the second time up to now 12 months that suspicious packages had been mailed to election officers in a number of state workplaces.
The most recent scare comes as early voting has begun in a number of states lower than two months forward of the high-stakes elections for president, Senate, Congress and key statehouse workplaces across the nation, inflicting disruption in what’s already a tense voting season.
A number of of the states reported a white powder substance present in envelopes despatched to election officers. Normally, the fabric was discovered to be innocent. Oklahoma officers mentioned the fabric despatched to the election workplace there contained flour. Wyoming officers haven’t but mentioned if the fabric despatched there was hazardous.
The packages pressured an evacuation in Iowa. Hazmat crews in a number of states shortly decided the fabric was innocent.