A Georgia poll worker was on Monday, arrested over U.S. charges that he sent a letter threatening to bomb election workers. According to reports, he had written it to appear as if it came from a voter in the presidential election battleground state.
Nicholas Wimbish, the man in question who is 25 yrs old, had been serving as a poll worker at the Jones County Elections Office in Gray, Georgia, on October 16 when he got into a verbal fight with a voter, according to Federal prosecutors.
The day after the incident, Wimbish mailed a letter to the county’s elections superintendent making it appear as if it came from that same voter, according to prosecutors.
The letter further complained that Wimbish was a “closeted liberal election fraudster” who had been disturbing voters in line to cast ballots, according to charging papers.
The authorities further revealed that the letter, signed by a “Jones county voter,” warned Wimbish and others to “look over their shoulder”, adding that people would “learn a violent lesson about stealing our elections!”
Finally, the Prosecutors said the letter ended with a handwritten note that read: “PS boom toy in early vote place, cigar burning, be safe.”
Based on these, Wimbish was charged with mailing a bomb threat, communicating false information about a bomb threat, mailing a threatening letter, and making false statements to the FBI, according to prosecutors. At the time of filing this report, a lawyer for Wimbish could not be immediately identified.
Georgia is one of seven closely contested states expected to decide the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election contestes between the Republican former President, Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President, Kamala Harris.
Several concerns about potential political violence have compelled officials to take several measures to improve security during and after Election Day.
