Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson praised the state’s largely uninhibited election process, but highlighted some problems that occurred on election night, including bomb threats, online misinformation and a traffic accident transporting ballots .

The Associated Press called the Michigan presidential race with President-elect Donald Trump at 12:54 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday.

“Yesterday went really well, but it wasn’t without incident,” Benson told the media. “We are aware of unbelievable bomb threats that have targeted some polling places in Washtenaw, Wayne, Genesee and Saginaw counties. The FBI issued statements officially confirming that they were connected to Russia.

Bomb threats didn’t stop any Michigan voters from voting.

Benson condemned fake videos circulating online that falsely claim widespread voter fraud occurred at polling places across the state, as well as Trump’s claims that top law enforcement officers were deployed to Detroit .

“Those false claims were easily debunked, and I’m grateful to so many of our partners for helping us ensure that reliable information ruled the day,” Benson said.

Benson also confirmed the story that a vehicle carrying ballots was involved in a crash in Detroit, but said all ballots were accounted for by law enforcement at the scene.

Benson said the slower counting process in tabulating the results was to be expected and there were no technical or security issues during the process, although it took longer to upload the voting data than anticipated.

“It was really the time it took from when it got to the county to when it came online, that upload. That was really where we saw the slowness happening,” Benson said. “And I think I would also attribute it to the fact that everyone was so attentive. I knew it was a huge amount of scrutiny that this process was under, and I think everyone was very careful and tried to make sure they did everything right.”

There are still about 6,000 military and overseas ballots outstanding that need to be tabulated.

About 22,000 new voters registered on Election Day and more than 2 million Michigan residents voted in person on Election Day. More than 5.5 Michigan voters voted in total in the 2024 election, roughly equal to the record numbers in 2020.