Several Maryland boards of elections received bomb threats Friday, prompting evacuations, according to posts from State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis.

Several local boards of elections received bomb threats, according Maryland State Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis. DeMarinis said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that buildings were evacuated and that everyone is safe.

Riverside County was among several registrar’s offices around Southern California and the nation to get bomb threats after Election Day.

Authorities said the voter registration offices of Orange and Riverside counties were evacuated Friday after each received a bomb threat. According to Elizabeth Florer, public information for the Riverside County Registrar of Voters,

Orange County’s elections office, where ballots were being counted, received a bomb threat Friday afternoon, the registrar said. Staff and members of the public who were watching ballots being tallied were evacuated from the Santa Ana building at about 6:45 p.