{"id":2364590,"date":"2024-11-05T19:27:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T00:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atlanta-area-voting-disrupted-by-new-wave-of-bomb-threats-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T19:28:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T00:28:38","slug":"atlanta-area-voting-disrupted-by-new-wave-of-bomb-threats-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atlanta-area-voting-disrupted-by-new-wave-of-bomb-threats-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta-area voting disrupted by new wave of bomb threats &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fatlanta-area-voting-disrupted-by-new-wave-of-bomb-threats-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2364590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In DeKalb County,\u2062 a suburb \u200dof Atlanta, \u2062election \u2064officials reported seven new bomb threats shortly\u2063 before\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-secretary-of-state-releases-election-audit-findings-and-they-are-deeply-troubling\/\" title=\"Texas Secretary of State&#039;s Election Audit Findings: Alarming Revelations\">polling\u2063 locations<\/a> were set to close on Election Day. Despite reassurances from the FBI\u200c that the \u200bthreats were not credible, Georgia Secretary \u200bof State\u200c announced that polling times would be extended to \u200baccommodate\u200b voters affected by the disruptions. Earlier in the day, he had\u2062 mentioned that no new threats had been reported, highlighting \u2063the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">unexpected developments leading<\/a> up\u2062 to the election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Atlanta-area voting extended after new wave of bomb threats<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1872898\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>ATLANTA &mdash;<\/strong> Election officials in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/atlanta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Atlanta<\/a> suburb of DeKalb County reported seven new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bombing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">bomb threats<\/a> in the final hour before polling locations closed on Election Day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The latest round of threats, reported by DeKalb County officials, was confirmed by the Georgia secretary of state just an hour after he stated no new threats had come in since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3218245\/election-day-handful-of-speed-bumps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">other bomb threats<\/a> were received this morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had these bomb threats, and obviously the FBI has said they&rsquo;re not realistic, but due to that, there will be precinct extensions,&rdquo; Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a press conference at 6:45 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happening-now-california-trump-supporters-take-over-huntington-beach-pier-to-protest-curfew-videos\/\" title=\"HAPPENING NOW: California Trump Supporters Take Over Huntington Beach Pier to Protest Curfew (VIDEOS)\">local time<\/a> Tuesday. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m frustrated as an American that people are threatening other Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen precincts across the region will remain open later to make up for the time lost due to evacuations at the affected sites.<\/p>\n<p>County officials issued a statement around 6 p.m. local time, an hour before the 7 p.m. poll closing time, that it had received a slew of new threats following others made earlier in the day that were determined to be bogus and likely to have been sent from Russian entities.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The newest wave of threats was directed at a predominantly black county. Census Bureau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/dekalbcountygeorgia\/PST040223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">data<\/a> from 2023 show that 53% of residents in DeKalb County are black, while 37% are white.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every asset that we have will be deployed to ensure that every citizen who wants to vote will be given that opportunity and every vote cast will be counted,&rdquo; DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond said in a statement Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1872898\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1872898\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting in Atlanta extended due to new bomb threats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2364592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/brad-raffensperger-georgia.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9584,38736,44423,4133,4351],"class_list":["post-2364590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-atlanta","tag-bomb-threats","tag-election-disruption","tag-news","tag-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/brad-raffensperger-georgia.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2364590"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364594,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364590\/revisions\/2364594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2364592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2364590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2364590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2364590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}