Delaware Election Office Relocated After Suspicious Mail Incident; FBI Investigating
The Delaware Department of Elections announced on October 16 that the State Election Commissioner's Office in Dover has been temporarily relocated as the investigation into the previous day's suspicious mail incident continues. The Commissioner's Office will operate out of the department's Kent County Office at 100 Enterprise Place, Suite 5, in Dover until further notice, while all department offices statewide have resumed normal operations.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken over the investigation, the department said, and the Commissioner's Office building has been closed until further notice by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is testing the envelope and its contents.
Election preparations, including public meetings, absentee ballot processing and logic and accuracy testing, are proceeding uninterrupted, the department said, and it is fully prepared to welcome voters to early voting sites statewide on Thursday, October 22, the first day of the 10-day early voting period.
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Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 特拉华州立法大厅，多佛。Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY / Public Domain
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