Suspicious mail sent to elections officials in several states

Federal authorities are investigating several suspicious pieces of mail sent to election officials in at least eight states, some of which contained questionable substances and led to building evacuations. Elections offices in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Missouri and Mississippi have confirmed receiving suspicious mail. The FBI and the U.

S. Postal Service said in a joint statement Tuesday that they are investigating what they referred to as “a series of suspicious mailings sent to election officials in several states.”.