Mail-in ballots being tabulated at the San Diego Registrar of Voters office in Kearny Mesa. Photo by Chris Stone A string of bomb threats are targeting vote counters across Southern California. The threats targeted San Diego and Orange County vote counters ...

Since Americans around the country exercised their right to vote on Election Day, a couple of ballot processing centers have been forced to evacuate. In both Orange and Riverside counties, bomb threats prompted their registrar of voters to evacuate for a short period as ballot processing was taking place.

The County of San Diego Registrar of Voters received a bomb threat early Friday evening at its office in Kearny Mesa. Sheriff’s deputies conducted an investigation. They determined the threat was not credible,