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She added that despite the nation’s — and local election volunteers’ — political divisions, polling places had been calm and cordial on election day.

Two precincts shut down voting for 30 minutes while law enforcement investigated, but most polling places carried on without incident.

Original story: More polling places in the metro Atlanta area had to be evacuated late on Tuesday evening after another round of bomb threats.

Officials in Fulton County, Ga., said they received “multiple calls” and the threats forced a brief closure of two polling places.

While a couple of outlying polling places logged waits of up to an hour, most had waits under 15 minutes, and election officials had not reported any machine malfunctions.