During the day on Tuesday, within the framework of the US elections, three people have been arrestedin addition to software failures in vote reading machines in Pennsylvania and false bomb threats of Russian origin in Georgia
A US election worker has been arrested after allegedly sending a letter to the office in the city of Gray, Georgia, in which he threatened to put a bomb in the voting center from the disputed state, which has recorded a large turnout since the early voting period began.
The United States Department of Justice has indicated in a statement that the suspect, who has been identified as Nicholas Wimbish, 25, wrote the letter to himself. pass as a registered voter in Georgia after having been involved in an altercation with one of them in mid-October.
In the letter, in which he pointed out himself, he stated that he was “conspiring” and “distracting voters.” In addition, he threatened to “rape the women” and claimed to “monitor their every movement.” At the end of the text he claimed that he had placed an “explosive toy” in the voting center.
The Prosecutor’s Office has imposed charges against him for giving false information about a bomb threat and lying to the FBI, among others. If found guilty, he could face a sentence of up to 25 years in prison.
Threats to voting centers
On the other hand, the authorities of the Fulton County They have reported receiving multiple calls and emails that have forced them to briefly close two voting centers in majority black districts in the city of Union City.
The Secretary of State of Georgia, the Republican Brad Raffenspergerhas pointed to Russia as responsible for the alleged threats, although it has refused to give more details about how they reached that conclusion, as reported by CNN.
“It seems they are plotting malicious acts and do not want us to have calm elections, fair and correct,” he stressed, adding that “anything” that could lead to confrontation is a “victory” for them.
Later, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indicated in a statement that “they are aware of bomb threats at polling places in several states, many of which appear to come from Russian email domains”.
“So far it has not been determined that None of the threats are credible. Electoral integrity is one of the FBI’s top priorities,” he indicated, adding that they will continue working to “respond to any threat” in the context of the elections.
Georgia is one of the key states for these elections, and former President Donald Trump lost there by a difference of 11,779 votes in the previous ones elections, which led him to try to pressure to achieve the revocation of the electoral results.
Both Trump and the vice president, Kamala Harris, have carried out an intense campaign in the state due to the great dispute that exists there, although the former president leads the latest polls with just one percentage point difference.
Software failure affected voting in pro-Trump county
A Pennsylvania court on Tuesday approved a request to extend voting hours in a strongly pro-Trump county after voting machines in the key state experienced a software glitch on Election Day.
The verdict means the polls will remain open for two extra hours in a county that went roughly 70% to 30% for Trump in 2020in a pivotal state that could decide the outcome of this year’s presidential race between Trump and his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris.
The case was brought by the local electoral boardwhich said a “software malfunction” in electronic voting machines had “prevented voters from scanning their completed ballots,” according to court documents filed Tuesday.
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