Five letters were mailed in total - four to Washington state, one to Fulton County in Georgia - Mr Raffensperger said.
The letters to Washington have been intercepted and some tested positive for fentanyl, he said.
Five letters were mailed in total - four to Washington state, one to Fulton County in Georgia - Mr Raffensperger said.
The letters to Washington have been intercepted and some tested positive for fentanyl, he said.
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Fentanyl-laced envelopes have been sent to poll workers, sparking investigations in at least two US states, Georgia’s top election official says.
Brad Raffensperger said suspicious letters had been posted this week to vote counters in Georgia and the north-western US state of Washington.
The final envelope was still in transit to Georgia, where Mr Raffensperger said officials would provide the overdose-reversal drug nalaxone as a precaution.
His counterpart in Washington, Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, confirmed separately in a statement that election offices in four counties - King, Pierce, Skagit and Spokane - had received envelopes containing “unknown powdery substances”.
Local, state and federal authorities are investigating the incidents, which occurred while workers were counting ballots from the 7 November general election, said Mr Hobbs, a Democrat.
Fulton County in Georgia has been the target of repeated unfounded claims by former President Donald Trump of widespread ballot fraud.
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