Suspicious Packages Containing White Powder Sent to Election Officials in 15 States
Election officials in over 15 U.S. states received suspicious packages and letters that contained white powder.
The United States Postal Service, along with the FBI, are investigating several packages and letters sent to election officials in at least 15 states containing an unknown white powder.
The office of Connecticut Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas shared that CISA alerted her office a day earlier “about envelopes containing an unidentified white powder that were sent to and received by elections offices across the country.”
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office reported that it was one of the 15 offices that received the white substance.
Frank LaRose’s office shared, “Fortunately, we were notified by our law enforcement partners to be on the lookout for this package,
