Doing anything that attempts to prevent people from voting is undemocratic.
On Election Day 2024, bomb threats were made to polling places in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin.
NPR reported in 2024:
U.S. intelligence officials said the threats appeared to come from Russian email domains, although it was unclear whether the threats came from Russia.
Intelligence officials previously said they were “observing foreign adversaries, particularly Russia, conducting additional influence operations designed to undermine public confidence in the integrity of U.S. elections and inflame divisions among Americans.”
Bomb threats are a way to destabilize democracy and make citizens fear going to the polls.
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They have also become more prevalent in Donald Trump’s America, when Putin knows he has free rein to interfere in US elections, because Trump has gutted America’s defenses against foreign election interference, so the door is wide open.
The difference is that states are stepping up to fill the void and keep America’s elections secure.
With high-profile elections in New York, New Jersey, Virginia and California, it is no surprise that those who wish to undermine American democracy, potentially foreign and domestic adversaries, will renew their now old tricks in 2025.
Just like in 2024, bomb threats were emailed to polling places.
This time the target was northern New Jersey, but the state was prepared to confront the threats.
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