FBI称，这些邮件似乎是寄往各州的选举办公室及相关场所。就在中期选举即将来临之际，联邦调查局正在对这些可疑邮件展开调查，其中部分邮件内含有不明物质。这些邮件的收件地址包括各州务卿办公室及其他相关选举机构。通常而言，各州务卿负责统筹本州的选举事务。
The letters appear to have been sent to state election offices and related locations, the bureau said A U.S. Postal Service collection box in Washington. Al Drago Bloomberg News The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it is investigating suspicious mailings—some containing an “unknown substance”—sent to election offices across the country, just weeks before midterm elections. The letters were sent to addresses including secretary of state offices and related election offices, the bureau said Thursday. On a statewide level, secretaries of state are usually tasked with running elections.