Georgia poll worker charged over allegedly making bomb threats to election workers

The Justice Department (DOJ) charged a poll worker in Georgia on Monday for making a false bomb threat letter targeting poll workers that he allegedly sent to the Jones County Elections Superintendent.

The employee, identified as 25-year-old Nicholas Wimbish, has been charged with mailing a bomb threat, conveying false information about a bomb threat, mailing a threatening letter, and making false statements to the FBI, after he posed as a Jones County voter in a letter that claimed there was a "boom toy" in an early voting location.

Wimbish allegedly got into a verbal altercation with a voter on Oct. 16, then posed as the voter in order to complain about himself and make threats against himself and his fellow poll workers.

The letter claimed Wimbish had given the voter "hell" and was “conspiring votes” and “distracting voters from concentrating," the DOJ said. The writer also said Wimbish and his fellow poll workers should "look over their shoulder," because he "know[s] where they go." 

Wimbish allegedly also did research on what information about election officials and poll workers were publicly available and wrote he knows "where they all live because I found home voting addresses for all them."  He also threatened physical violence against male poll workers, who would "get the treason punishment by firing squad if they fight back.”

The letter also threatened female poll workers with "rage rape."

The FBI Atlanta Field Office is handling the investigation into the case, which is still ongoing, and Wimbish faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.