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.

Voting was briefly interrupted in Georgia and several other states Tuesday after law enforcement say bomb threats that appeared to originate from Russia were sent to polling stations. The threats were also sent to polling places in Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin, officials said.

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,