The Capitol Visitors Center was closed for the day until the police investigation was completed, officials said.
6:25 p.m.: Georgia Interior Secretary Brad Raffensperger has blamed Russia for a bomb threat against several polling stations. The threat affected five to seven polling stations, but was not credible, Raffensperger made it clear. “They are up to mischief and don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and correct election,” the minister said of those responsible.
Georgia is one of seven swing states that can decide the election. Fake videos were previously distributed in the state in which Haitian immigrants claimed to have voted several times. Raffensperger’s office called the video “targeted disinformation” and said it was likely produced by “Russian troll farms.”
6:15 p.m.: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wants to spend election night at her former university in the capital Washington. In a radio interview she said, “I’ll be at my alma mater, Howard University.” Before that, she would have dinner with her family, the vice president told Newsradio KDKA. She has many relatives visiting. Howard University is one of the historically African-American universities in the USA, which still attracts primarily black students to this day.
6:05 p.m.: The election has only just begun and there are already the first glitches. In two predominantly Republican counties in Pennsylvania, Cambria and Bedford County, technical problems are said to have disrupted the election process. This is reported by the “New York Post”. According to a report by the AP news agency, a software error prevented the ballot papers from being scanned, which led to long queues and uncertainty among voters. Some people left the polling stations without casting their vote.
