The FBI released a statement Tuesday saying that it was “aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains.” While the FBI underscored that none of the threats had been found to be credible, their purpose was undoubtedly to sow chaos and fear as Americans attempted to cast their ballots.
The sheer number of threats received is actually pretty astounding. It’d be interesting if someone could analyze the average difference in the number over votes between 2020 and 2024 at polling stations that received a bomb threat vs those that didn’t. We already know voting was down overall, but how much can we estimate was contributed to these threats vs the sheer laziness of the American voter.