ATLANTA — There were more than 60 bomb threats in Georgia during the election, Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger said Tuesday.
The secretary gave an update on the election as Georgia's 159 counties as the deadline day arrived for them to certify their results.
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"To those who interfere in our elections, I have a very direct message for you: Citizens will not be fearful of coming out to vote," he said. "In spite of having over 60 bomb threats, people still voted. We will not be cowered, you will not sow discord and strife. It did not work."
Several "non-credible" bomb threats were reported in Fulton and DeKalb counties on Election Day, though the wider scope of the threats was not previously outlined by state officials. A number of polling places around metro Atlanta stayed open past the 7:00 p.m. time for polls to close because their operations had been interrupted by threats.
On Election Day, Raffensperger said the threats were "of Russian origin" and gave the same indication in his remarks on Tuesday that he believes the broader number of threats were also foreign, "again the Russians."
Officials have previously said that the threats were in an e-mail form and had Russian domains attached to them.
Roughly 5.2 million Georgians voted in the 2024 presidential election, state results indicate, about 200,000 more votes than in 2020.