


Letters filled with the deadly poison fentanyl were sent to election offices in both the state of Georgia and Washington state.
The letters sent to Georgia were sent to Fulton County election offices and those sent to Washington State were sent to multiple election offices.
Here’s more from ABC News:
Authorities on Thursday were trying to determine who sent letters filled with fentanyl or other substances to local election offices, an attack that appears to have targeted multiple states in the latest instance of threats faced by election workers around the country.
Among the offices that may have been targeted was Fulton County in Georgia, which includes Atlanta and is the largest voting jurisdiction in one of the nation’s most important presidential swing states.
There is no immediate indication that any other election office in Georgia was a target for the letters, according to an advisory sent by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency and obtained by The Associated Press. Fulton County officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Two election offices in Washington state tested positive for fentanyl while another was only baking soda:
The potential Georgia connection surfaced a day after authorities in Washington state said four county election offices had to be evacuated as election workers were processing ballots cast in Tuesday’s election, delaying vote-counting.
Election offices in Seattle’s King County and ones in Skagit, Spokane and Pierce counties received envelopes containing suspicious powders. Local law enforcement officials said the substances in Kings and Spokane counties field-tested positive for fentanyl. In at least one other case, the substance was baking soda.
Tacoma Police spokesperson William Muse said a message inside the envelope received by Pierce County election workers said “something to the effect of stopping the election.”
Muse said “there was no candidate that was identified. There was no religious affiliated group identified. There was no political issue identified. It was just that vague statement.”
A spokesperson for U.S. Department of Justice said the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating, but had no further comment.
I’m not sure why someone would target both Washington state and Georgia but whoever did it should be charged with attempted murder, among other terrorism charges. According to what I’ve read, all it takes to get fentanyl inside your body is touching it: “Fentanyl can be absorbed into the body via inhalation, oral exposure or ingestion, or skin contact.”