JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The FBI and U.S. Postal Service are investigating suspicious packages that have been sent to or received by elections officials in at least eight states. There are no immediate reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material, but they have caused evacuations in some cases. The latest packages were sent to officials in Massachusetts and Missouri on Tuesday. Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries of state and state election offices in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Wyoming and Oklahoma on Monday. It marks the second time in the past year that suspicious packages have been mailed to elections officials in multiple states. The latest scare comes as early voting has begun in several states ahead of November’s elections.
