Security upped at Georgia vote-count site after bomb threat saying Nashville was ‘practice run’: Report

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A Georgia elections warehouse in Fulton County had increased security after a Tennessee man reportedly called in a bomb threat last week ahead of the runoff election.

Fulton County Elections Director Rick Barron told Atlanta’s WSB-TV on Tuesday evening that the FBI searched the suspected caller’s home in Tennessee, but no arrest was made. He said the call alluded to the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, Tennessee, that injured some police officers and caused damage to the downtown area.

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