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.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed Tuesday a bomb threat was made against a polling place, but he said it was of Russian origin and not credible. Raffensperger later clarified in a subsequent press conference that the threat affected between five and seven precincts in multiple Georgia counties.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said the state had not received additional bomb threats against polling centers since this morning.

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,

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,

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.