Chester County Commissioners Chairman Josh Maxwell posted on X that the Chester County government services center was evacuated Tuesday evening because of a bomb threat.
Voters who vote at the two polling places there were diverted to other locations nearby by where they can cast provisional ballots and those locations well stay open until 10 p.m. for those displaced voters only.
Bomb sniffing dogs are searching the government services center and if no bomb is found it will be back in use soon, Maxwell said.
Later Maxwell posted, “In Chester County, PA about half our our election work was delayed about an hour and half due to the bomb threat. Our team is back to full throttle to count in person and mail in ballots.”
Chester County DA Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe said they are working with the FBI and the bomb threat appeared to have originated overseas.
“This is part of a consistent coordinated attempt to call in bomb threats to swing states to disrupt the election,” said de Barrena-Sarobe.
At a press conference, Gov. Josh Shapiro said there have been multiple bomb threats to polling places but there is “no credible threat to the public.”
“Millions of legal eligible voters made their voices heard,” said Shapiro.
