FBI investigating hoax bomb threats across the nation as polling sites faced slew of threats on Election Day

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Voting was halted and polling stations across the US were evacuated on Election Day, after a slew of hoax bomb threats designed to “ensue chaos” were reported. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes told reporters that the motive behind the threats were “to ensue chaos, not to impact any political outcome.” “We don’t see anything in the pattern or distribution that would make us think this was to effect any political change but we do believe… to get us to rattle in our boots is the reason that they’re doing this,” he said. The FBI said it was aware of reports of bomb threats at polling locations in several states – including several key swing states “There was a bomb threat to the Government Services Center in West Chester, PA. It’s being evacuated. Some Georgia polling centers are receiving bomb threats of ‘Russian origin,’ their secretary of state said on Tuesday “He became irate and started making threatening remarks such as burning the place down and returning with a firearm” before fleeing the scene, according to New York State Police.