Delaware Election Office Evacuates After White Powder Letter, as FBI Probes Nationwide Mailings
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Updated · NBC Philadelphia · Oct 15
Delaware Election Office Evacuates After White Powder Letter, as FBI Probes Nationwide Mailings
3 articles · Updated · NBC Philadelphia · Oct 15
Summary
Around 2 p.m. Thursday, a Delaware State Election Commissioner’s Office employee opened an envelope containing a white powdery substance, triggering an investigation.
Staff isolated the envelope, underwent decontamination, evacuated the office and shut down the HVAC system under suspicious-mail protocols.
All Delaware election offices then sent nonessential employees home as a precaution while officials assessed the incident.
The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service said the Delaware case was part of a series of suspicious mailings sent nationwide to secretary of state and related election offices.