Bomb threats prompt evacuations at polling sites in Ohio, Michigan

On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, Election Day, bomb threats led to evacuations at Beverly Elementary School in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, a polling location, and at Carlson High School in Gibraltar, Wayne County, Michigan, the polling place for Brownstown Precincts 8 and 11. About 10 minutes after the Beverly call, a threat was phoned to Monac Elementary School in Washington Township, not a polling site. Two other area schools that were not polling places also received threats. No students were in class. Bomb-detection K-9s searched the Ohio sites; police found no explosives and called the threats not credible. Voting at Beverly paused about an hour and 15 minutes and resumed by 12:15 p.m. At Carlson, Brownstown, Gibraltar, and Wayne County authorities swept the building, found it clear, and allowed voting to resume inside. Voters at both polling sites were temporarily moved outside or to parking lots to continue casting ballots. Police said in a public safety update, "We take all threats seriously." Lucas County Board of Elections director LaVera Scott said voting resumed by 12:15 p.m. and, "It is up to the state if a polling location stays open any additional time," after notifying state officials the site closed for less than two hours. Police said it remained unclear whether the threats were connected and that the incidents were under active investigation.