Threatening letters sent to local election offices in at least five states, some including fentanyl, are the latest concern for local election workers around the country
While workers were counting ballots for primary elections in August , the elections office in King County , Washington , received a suspicious envelope that turned out to contain trace amounts of fentanyl. It happened again this week, and not just in Washington state, where the office was processing ballots from the general election and had to be evacuated. Election offices in at least five states were sent threatening mail , some containing the potentially deadly drug , authorities say.
Just a few months ago, election workers in Ingham County, Michigan, were trained in using naloxone out of concern that something like this week's occurrences could happen, Clerk Barb Byrum said. She is confident her team is doing everything it can to keep workers safe but knows there are no guarantees given the vitriol displayed by some voters and combustibility of false election claims.
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