The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s headquarters in Norwalk received a bomb threat Saturday – the latest in a series of threats targeting vote counters and voting centers across the region and country.

No explosives were found at the site. An investigation is currently underway, according to Los Angeles County Clerk Dean Logan.

“We take all of these threats seriously and are working closely with the FBI, state authorities and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to ensure the safety of our staff and community and maintain uninterrupted operations.” , Logan said in a statement. “These threats and efforts to disrupt the legal, transparent and secure process of counting all eligible ballots have no place in our electoral process. »

The threat came via email, according to Los Angeles County Registrar spokesman Mike Sanchez. No employees were present and none were scheduled to work in the office until Tuesday.

The source of the threat may have mixed up their addresses: Ballot processing centers have been the target of a number of recent bomb threats, but the one in Los Angeles County is at a facility in Industry, not Norwalk. Authorities also searched that facility and found nothing suspicious.

On election day, the FBI said he was aware of false bomb threats made against polling places in several states, noting that many of them appeared to come from Russian email domains.

Other voting centers in Southern California were targeted after polls closed. The San Diego County Registrar of Voters’ Office received a bomb threat Friday evening, but concluded the threat was not credible, authorities said.

Registrar offices in Orange and Riverside counties were evacuated Friday evening after receiving bomb threats, but no explosives were located at either site, authorities said.

All Orange County Registrar of Voters staff and members of the public were evacuated from the Santa Ana office 15 minutes before ballot processing was scheduled to stop. officials said in a statement. Orange County Sheriff’s deputies were already on scene and coordinated the evacuation of the building located at 1300 S. Grand Ave.

Bomb detection dogs were used to search the entire building and no explosives were found.

“The Orange County Registrar of Voters is committed to ensuring equal access to the election process, protecting the integrity of votes, and maintaining a transparent, accurate and fair election system,” the Registrar of Voters said. voters Bob Page in a statement. “We are working diligently to address this incident and ensure the safety of all staff and members of the public who visit our office.”

A similar and unfounded threat was also received by the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Friday evening at his office in Riverside.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was immediately notified and members of the public and staff were evacuated from the site located at 2720 Gateway Drive within five minutes. Sheriff’s deputies and bomb squad members conducted an extensive search and found no explosives, according to the registrar.

“The Riverside County Registrar of Voters remains committed to the safety of the public and our staff,” officials said in a statement. “We continue to prioritize transparency and encourage the public to observe all processes while ensuring fair, accurate and transparent elections. »

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters’ Office received a bomb threat via email Friday evening, prompting the sheriff’s office to evacuate more than 100 employees, but sweeps by bomb-sniffing dogs found nothing suspicious.