Bomb threat made on Kings County Elections Department found not credible

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Kings County revealed Tuesday that its Elections Department received a weaponry menace connected Friday, November 8.

Officials accidental it was 1 of respective akin threats targeting elections offices crossed the state.

The FBI and the California Secretary of State's Office investigated and person deemed the menace non-credible.

Kings County shared a connection from California Secretary of State Shirley Weber that reads, "As your Secretary of State, I americium alert of the weaponry threats targeting our elections offices successful California. These acts are unacceptable and volition not deter us."

It goes connected to say, "Thanks to the swift enactment and vigilance of our instrumentality enforcement agencies and the dedicated efforts of our region elections officials, the process of counting each ballot continues uninterrupted. We volition ever basal steadfast to support our workers harmless and guarantee that each dependable is heard and each ballot is counted."

Kings County says it is moving intimately with instrumentality enforcement and authorities authorities to show immoderate ongoing threats.

The Kings County Elections Department remains afloat operational, and each ballot counting continues arsenic normal.