Atlanta police look for bombs at polls after threats

The DeKalb County Police Department shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday night said they’d reopened four polling locations after sweeping them for bombs. Earlier in the evening, election officials at seven polling locations in e received bomb threats. Officers immediately began sweeping the locations and promised that once and if they were declared safe, voters could resume casting their ballots. Every voter still waiting to cast his or her ballot would have the chance to do so, county officials said.

What are the seven locations? Three libraries in the received bomb threats, as did the Bethel African Methodist Episcopalian church in Lithonia, according to the county sheriff’s office. A community center and a senior center also received bomb threats, police said. WORLD reporter Lindsay Mast visited one of the affected libraries after it was reopened. She found that some voters in the line didn’t know the location had even received a bomb threat. Election workers were unwilling to speak to the reporter while on the job.

Were there any warnings something like this could happen? The Dekalb County Police Department on Monday reported that it had deemed noncredible reports that there could be threats to minority groups ahead of Election Day. Police promised they would continue to monitor suspicious activity.

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