Hoax bomb threats, many of which appeared to originate from Russian email domains, were directed on Tuesday at polling locations in five battleground states - Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania - as Election Day voting was underway,

The FBI says many of the hoax bomb threats that forced metro Atlanta polling places to temporarily shut down appeared to originate from Russian email domains.

The FBI says bomb threats made in several states have been deemed non-credible and that they came from Russian email domains.The FBI did not identify the states in question, but Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said earlier Tuesday that the state’s election process had snuffed out some bomb threats that he said came from Russia.