DeKalb County Announces Bomb Threats at 5 Voting Precincts

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The county’s law department is also in the process of seeking emergency orders to extend voting times at those locations.

DeKalb County, Georgia,’s Office of Voter Registration and Elections announced that it has received bomb threats at seven locations on election day, including five voting precincts across the county.

Those precincts are New Bethel AME Church, 8350 Rockbridge Rd., Lithonia; New Life Community Center, 3592 Flat Shoals Rd., Decatur; North DeKalb Senior Center, 3393 Malone Dr., Chamblee; Reid H. Cofer Library, 5234 Lavista Rd., Tucker; and Wesley Chapel Library, 2861 Wesley Chapel Rd., Decatur.

Bomb threats were also posted at Salem Panola Library, 5137 Salem Rd., Lithonia, and Stonecrest—but the elections office points out that that is not an active polling location.

DeKalb County Police Department is conducting bomb sweeps at those locations, and once the locations have been cleared, voters will be able to re-enter and cast their ballots.

The county’s law department is also in the process of seeking emergency orders to extend voting times at those locations.

“Every asset that we have will be deployed to ensure that every citizen who wants to vote will be given that opportunity and every vote cast will be counted,” DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond said in a press release.

“Rest assured that we are working quickly to ensure every voter will have an opportunity to cast their ballot despite these bomb threats,” said DeKalb VRE Executive Director Keisha Smith. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are suspending voting at these polling locations until we have clearance from DeKalb Police to reopen the facilities.”

This is a developing story.