SACRAMENTO: Authorities are investigating a suspicious envelope despatched to the elections workplace in Yuba County on Wednesday morning which may have contained fentanyl.
The Yuba County Sheriff’s Division will examine the incident. The envelope was despatched to the Yuba County Registrar of Voters headquarters, about 40 miles (70 kilometers) north of the state Capitol in Sacramento.
The bundle appeared to return from “a verified company” and did not look suspicious at first, however a employees member found a powdery substance inside that prompted them to name regulation enforcement, stated Yuba County spokesperson Rachel Abbott. A discipline take a look at confirmed the presence of fentanyl, however authorities will conduct additional evaluation to verify. Abbott stated nobody was harmed.
A slew of suspicious packages, together with some laced with fentanyl, have been despatched to elections services in no less than 5 states – together with California – final November, prompting evacuations and delaying the counting of ballots in some native races. The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service needed to step in to intercept such packages within the mail system. Letters supposed for election workplaces in Sacramento and Los Angeles have been amongst these intercepted.
Election officers and employees throughout the nation have more and more confronted threats and harassment since former President Donald Trump and his supporters started spreading false election claims after he misplaced the 2020 election.
Many election workplaces throughout america have taken steps to extend the safety of their buildings and increase protections for employees. Dealing with the threats of fentanyl-laced packages, some have began stocking up on naloxone, the antidote to fentanyl.
Yuba County officers stated employees endure coaching on the right way to determine and deal with suspicious packages.
California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber stated her workplace has supplied security protocols to native elections workplaces to extend safety.
“I belief that regulation enforcement authorities will determine and convey to justice any individuals answerable for searching for to intimidate, threaten, or hurt election employees,” Weber stated in a press release.
The Yuba County Sheriff’s Division will examine the incident. The envelope was despatched to the Yuba County Registrar of Voters headquarters, about 40 miles (70 kilometers) north of the state Capitol in Sacramento.
The bundle appeared to return from “a verified company” and did not look suspicious at first, however a employees member found a powdery substance inside that prompted them to name regulation enforcement, stated Yuba County spokesperson Rachel Abbott. A discipline take a look at confirmed the presence of fentanyl, however authorities will conduct additional evaluation to verify. Abbott stated nobody was harmed.
A slew of suspicious packages, together with some laced with fentanyl, have been despatched to elections services in no less than 5 states – together with California – final November, prompting evacuations and delaying the counting of ballots in some native races. The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service needed to step in to intercept such packages within the mail system. Letters supposed for election workplaces in Sacramento and Los Angeles have been amongst these intercepted.
Election officers and employees throughout the nation have more and more confronted threats and harassment since former President Donald Trump and his supporters started spreading false election claims after he misplaced the 2020 election.
Many election workplaces throughout america have taken steps to extend the safety of their buildings and increase protections for employees. Dealing with the threats of fentanyl-laced packages, some have began stocking up on naloxone, the antidote to fentanyl.
Yuba County officers stated employees endure coaching on the right way to determine and deal with suspicious packages.
California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber stated her workplace has supplied security protocols to native elections workplaces to extend safety.
“I belief that regulation enforcement authorities will determine and convey to justice any individuals answerable for searching for to intimidate, threaten, or hurt election employees,” Weber stated in a press release.
