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A WIRED investigation has found that election offices in at least 32 states were targeted with suspicious letters as they prepared for the midterms.

The vast majority of letters were intercepted by the USPS before they reached their intended targets, but in Arizona, Delaware, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Louisiana the letters were not intercepted, leading to election offices being evacuated when white powder was discovered.

WIRED contacted officials in all 50 states and Washington, DC to uncover the extent of the harassment campaign. Election officials in 10 states and DC tell WIRED they have not received any suspicious packages. The eight remaining state election offices did not respond.

The letters targeting election offices coincided with similar letters being sent to congressional offices across the country, targeting both Democratic and some Republican lawmakers.

“Threats and intimidation have no place in our elections,” Michel Moore, the co-chair of the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections, tells WIRED. Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/electi...