Georgia election officials had to evacuate two polling locations outside of Atlanta on Election Day after a “foreign state actor” called in what were eventually deemed non-credible bomb threats, according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Voting at multiple polling centers in Georgia has been temporarily suspended following reports of bomb threats on Election Day.

At least two polling sites in the U.S. election battleground state of Georgia were briefly evacuated on Tuesday after fake bomb threats that election officials in the state blamed on Russian agents. The threats,

Bomb threats wreaked havoc at dozens of polling sites across at least five pivotal swing states on Tuesday. Voting precincts in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona were targeted with emailed threats,

An already heated presidential race faced further strain from a string of reported bomb threats in battleground states—causing some delays on Election Day.

"Unfortunately, when something bad happens, it is often claimed to be of Russian origin," a Russian official told Newsweek.