Iowa's election officials are among those targeted with 'suspicious' parcels

Election officials in Iowa and at least four other states were the target Monday of what appears to be a coordinated series of threats or acts of intimidation involving suspicious parcels.

State officials evacuated the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines on Monday after a suspicious parcel was discovered at the Secretary of State’s Office.

The incident was similar to situations that occurred Monday in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming and possibly other states. In each instance, the suspicious parcels appear to have been directed to the secretaries of state – typically, the offices that oversee elections at the state level.

At about 11 a.m. Monday, the Iowa State Patrol was summoned to the Lucas State Office Building in the 300 block of East 12th Street near the Capitol Building complex. The call referenced a suspicious parcel in the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office.





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