'You messed with the wrong Georgian': Secretary of State on polling station bomb threats

Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has condemned the dozens of non-credible bomb threats that were made to polling stations in Georgia, Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin on Tuesday night.

The threats were made at "polling locations in several states" as Americans flocked to polling stations to vote in the US election, the FBI said in a statement.

The statement claimed that "Russian email domains" were behind the threats, adding that none of them were credible thus far.

Speaking to reporters, Raffensperger said there had been 60 bomb threats in Georgia alone, which he said came over the internet and included cyrillic text indicating it was "from Russia."

At a press conference, the Georgian official said they recorded "record turnout" despite counties across the state receiving the threats.

Mr Raffensperger said: "For those who tried to interfere in our election today, I have a message for you - you messed with the wrong Georgian."

Georgia appears to be the worst-hit state, with voting hours extended in 12 polling stations, including six in DeKalb County, five in Fulton County and one in Gwinnett County - all within the Atlanta suburbs.

Cait Conley, a senior adviser to the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said that though officials have responded to bomb threats, disinformation and other problems, there are no major incidents with a national-level impact.

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