Authorities in the South Bay were investigating a bomb threat targeting the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Office.
At around 8 a.m. Saturday, officials said that a bomb threat was “communicated to" the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Office, threatening their main facility on Berger Drive in San Jose.
A photo taken near the area showed a significant police presence.
The Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office, San Jose Fire Department, San Jose Police Department, bomb squad and hazmat teams responded to the incident.
Sheriff officials posted on social media just before 1 p.m. Saturday that nothing suspicious was found and no one was in any immediate danger.
"The bomb threat came into the Registrar of Voters' office by email on Friday evening. It was not read until this morning, and employees immediately contacted the Sheriff's Office," the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office said on social media. "After the sweeps of the building by bomb-sniffing dogs are complete and the area is determined to be safe, employees will be allowed to go back inside."
After the sweeps of the building by bomb-sniffing dogs are complete and the area is determined to be safe, employees will be allowed to go back inside.
— SantaClaraCoSheriff (@SCCoSheriff) November 9, 2024
#BREAKING The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Office is San Jose has been closed due to a bomb threat. The county Bomb Squad is sweeping the facility looking for anything suspicious. The election workers have been evacuated. The vote count has been suspended until the… pic.twitter.com/kiv8vuTx1V
— John Zuchelli (@tvzuke) November 9, 2024
This isn't the first election office to receive a threat in the state. Offices in Southern California were impacted.
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Currently, there are less than 193,000 ballots left to process in Santa Clara County.
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