Raffensperger Receives Threat Manifesto Before Event Evacuation

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican candidate for governor, received a four-page handwritten manifesto containing a photo of him with the word "boom" scrawled across his face, one day before a suspicious object prompted the evacuation of a campaign event site in Macon on Tuesday.

The manifesto, mailed on Monday to a sheriff's office in Mississippi, was forwarded to the FBI and state law enforcement, who deemed it a credible threat against Raffensperger's life, according to his campaign. Officials increased security measures for Raffensperger and his family. It remains unclear whether the document's sender has been identified or if it is connected to the subsequent incident.

Raffensperger's "Standing for Georgia" campaign tour included six stops that day, with the second scheduled for 10 a.m. at HighNote Aviation within Middle Georgia Regional Airport. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office reported that emergency dispatchers received notification around 8:21 a.m., leading to an evacuation. Patrol deputies and a bomb canine unit swept the facility and detected a suspicious object inside a vending machine in a secure area. Bomb squad personnel secured the item...