Overview
- Threat messages hit polling places in seven counties — Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Passaic — shortly after polls opened.
- Law enforcement secured affected sites, reopened several, and redirected voters from others, with polls scheduled to remain open until 8 p.m.
- Specific changes included closures at Paterson’s School 2 and School 10, the Avenel Middle School site moved to Woodbine Avenue Elementary, and a relocation in Lake Como.
- FBI Newark is assisting state and local authorities, Newark officials described the emails as phishing, and a Gotthard Street threat was deemed unfounded.
- State leaders urged voters to continue casting ballots and vowed accountability, while some local officials said the emails may have originated abroad, which remains under investigation.