Suspicious letters were sent to local elections officials in at least four states, the authorities said on Thursday, including to two locations in Washington State that were said to include white powders containing the toxic drug fentanyl.
Preliminary tests indicated that letters sent to at least two of four Washington election offices — in Spokane County and King County, which includes Seattle — contained fentanyl, law enforcement officials said.
Georgia authorities said that a letter bound for the election office in Fulton County, which includes much of Atlanta, had been flagged as potentially including fentanyl but had not yet been delivered.
And California authorities said that they were uncertain what was in letters sent to election offices in Sacramento and Los Angeles.
None of the affected election offices reported that any employees were injured.
Locations:
Washington State, Washington, —, Spokane County, King County, Seattle, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, California, Sacramento, Los Angeles