Polling places in half a dozen states were targeted by bomb threats on Tuesday, officials said, leading to evacuations and some disruptions in voting, although none of the threats were immediately found to be credible.
The F.B.I. said it had learned of bomb threats in several states, “many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains,” but had found no evidence of genuine menace.
Some of the most disruptive threats affected DeKalb County and Fulton County in Georgia, one of the most of the hotly contested swing states.
As the election was entering its final hours on Tuesday evening, DeKalb County officials said they had suspended voting at five polling places that had received bomb threats, as the police conducted sweeps at those locations. No bombs were found, the officials said, and the polling places reopened. A judge in Georgia ordered voting hours extended in DeKalb County, a Democratic stronghold that helped President Biden flip the state in the 2020 election against former President Donald J. Trump.
“Rest assured that we are working quickly to ensure every voter will have an opportunity to cast their ballot despite these bomb threats,” Keisha Smith, the executive director of DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections, said in a statement.
In Fulton County, the chief of police, Wade Yates, said the authorities responded to 32 bomb threats and had temporarily evacuated five polling places. He said the threats, some emailed and some phoned in, were under investigation.
Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, said at a separate news conference that officials had “identified the source and it was from Russia.”
A spokesman for Mr. Raffensperger’s office, Mike Hassinger, later said in a text message that “the source of the threats is being investigated.” He added: “It’s unconfirmed. Looks like Russia, but could also be somebody spoofing Russia.”
Fulton County officials have promised to have a law enforcement officer at each of the county’s 177 polling places.
In Michigan, another swing state, polling locations in four counties (Wayne, Washtenaw, Genesee and Saginaw) also received noncredible threats, according to Angela Benander, a spokeswoman for the Michigan secretary of state’s office.
“They were all investigated and confirmed to be noncredible,” she said. “As far as Russia ties, we have been notified that that is what they believe has happened.”
In a third swing state, Arizona, threats were made against four polling locations in Navajo County, Adrian Fontes, the Arizona secretary of state, said at a news conference. He said the threats were found to be “unsubstantiated.”
“We have no reason to believe that any of our voters or any of our polling places are in any sort of jeopardy,” Mr. Fontes said. He added that officials also believed that the threats had come from Russia.
In Pennsylvania, officials in multiple locations on Tuesday night reported receiving threats at polling locations and elections offices.
Devin Rhoads, the election director in Snyder County, Pa., north of Harrisburg, said the county courthouse — which houses the elections office — had been evacuated because of a bomb threat. Mr. Rhoads said a police dog was searching the courthouse and that he was hoping it would be cleared soon.
Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania said “there is no credible threat to the public.”
Maine State Police officials said they were aware of swatting calls at schools throughout Maine and the country. “We can confirm that there is no threat to the public,” the agency said in a statement on Facebook. Swatting is a false report of a threat intended to draw a heavy police response.
In Rockdale County, Ga., the sheriff, Eric J. Levett, said on Sunday that he had worked with the F.B.I. and other law enforcement agencies to investigate social media posts indicating that “white supremacists/KKK members” were planning to attack Black people — and Black women in particular — through the presidential inauguration. The messages were determined to be “untrue,” he said in a statement on Facebook.
Sheriff Levett said he was asking residents to remain vigilant and to report any threats to law enforcement. He said that violence or threats of violence “will not be tolerated!”
A different kind of disruption occurred later in the evening, as polls neared the 9 p.m. close in New York and hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters filled a corner of Rockefeller Center by the News Corp. building, engaging in brief skirmishes with people supporting Israel.
The protesters waved Palestinian flags, some that read “Save Gaza” and at least two red flags with yellow hammers and sickles. Across the avenue, dozens of counterprotesters waved Israeli flags and Trump flags.
The pro-Palestinian crowd seemed to have no particular favorite between the two major presidential candidates; they mostly disliked both.
On the other side of the street, Akiva Mandel, 29, who works in real estate and lives on the Upper West Side, joined the counterprotest with a Trump flag around his neck. “What does Palestine have to do with the election?” said Mr. Mandel, who said he voted for Mr. Trump.
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