Georgia poll worker arrested over bomb threat as security bolstered across U.S.

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Source: Axios

10 hours ago


A Georgia poll worker was arrested and charged with mailing a bomb threat to election workers on Monday, the Department of Justice announced.

The big picture: The arrest comes as police step up security around the White House and Vice President Harris' residence in D.C. and National Guard units in several states and local law enforcement agencies prepare for possible Election Day violence.

Unprecedented steps are being taken to protect election workers and ballots amid rising concern about voter intimidation and other threats, as the Proud Boys and other Trump-supporting extremist groups signal they'll be at polling sites on Tuesday.

The Justice Department will monitor polls in multiple states for compliance with federal voting rights laws on Election Day.

Driving the news: Nicholas Wimbish, 25, of Milledgeville, Georgia, is accused of mailing a letter addressed to the Jones County elections superintendent on Oct. 17, purportedly from a "Jones County Voter" — one day after he "allegedly had a verbal altercation with a voter," per a DOJ statement.

Prosecutors allege this letter stated that Wimbish had "give[n] me hell" and that he was "conspiring votes" and that it made threats against him and others to "look over their shoulder" as the "voter" knew "where they go" and that the writer had "found home voting addresses for all them."

The letter claimed "young men will get beatdown if they fight me" and "will get the treason punishment by firing squad if they fight back," while also threatening "rage rape" against the "ladies."

"The letter concluded with a handwritten note, 'PS boom toy in early vote place, cigar burning, be safe,'" the DOJ alleges.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/11/05/election-security-poll-workers-bomb-threat

[JohnSJ]

1. This one needs need to spend hard time in prison. Glad they were on top of this.

[Aviation Pro]

2. Boom Toy

Another Call of Duty incel.

Fuck him, not literally because no woman will have him, but figuratively.

[Dem4life1234]

6. I'm so sick of these dumbasses!

Some women hate men, but they will never be violent towards them, they simply avoid them.

But a man who has issues with women is a societal menace, these types of cretins are violent as hell.

[Clouds Passing]

9. Those types do not have the courage to join the military. They are woman hating cowards.

[IbogaProject]

3. Rape threat

Treat as a terrorist and search deep and wide around their life and associates.

[GreenWave]

4. Good guys stopping a bad guy!

Victory. And over a deranged poll worker to boot!

[Lovie777]

5. Unfortunately, it has come to this....................

hopefully in the near future the Harris/Walz win coupled with more saner politicians can mend some of the fences.

[cstanleytech]

7. That didn't happen after Obama won as they just doubled downed and then put Trump into office in 2016.

[relayerbob]

8. He done sound real edumakated

Another idiot making our fine state look bad.