Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has reported the sending of a letter containing fentanyl to an elections office in Fulton County, describing it as an act of “domestic terrorism.”

This incident follows the evacuation of four county election offices in Washington state earlier this week due to the receipt of letters containing suspicious powders.

The Associated Press, citing confirmation from police in Kings and Spokane counties, reported that the substance in the letters was fentanyl, Fox News reported.

“We became aware of the situation that there is actually still an envelope that is traveling in the mail and headed towards Fulton County,” Raffensperger told reporters Thursday. “It has been tested and it did have fentanyl in it.”

“It is still in transit. It hasn’t arrived yet. They are trying to get that, intercept that before it gets here and we just don’t know where that will be,” he continued. “But we have put and prepared our people here that could receive that mail on alert and given them the resources they need with Narcan.” 

Raffensperger is calling the mailing of the letter “domestic terrorism and it needs to be condemned by anyone that holds elected office and anyone that wants to hold elected office anywhere in America.” 

The reason behind the mailing of the fentanyl-laced letter to Georgia remains unclear, as stated by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

He has indicated a potential connection between this letter and those delivered in Washington state.

Written by B.C. Begley