FBI Investigating Robocalls Telling Michigan Voters To Vote Tomorrow

Some Flint, Michigan residents have been getting many robocalls telling them stay home on Election Day (November 3) amongst other misinformation, according to USA Today. An FBI investigation is underway into these calls.

"Obviously this is FALSE and an effort to suppress the vote," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel tweeted. "No long lines and today is the last day to vote. Don’t believe the lies! Have your voice heard!" Nessel said her office received multiple reports of robocalls going to Flint residents. These calls would tell them to stay home because of long lines, or go vote on Wednesday (November 4).

A senior official at the Department of Homeland Security called attempts at voter intimidation and suppression. He also said "the nature of the calls were similar to other intimidation tactics that emerge 'in every election,' USA Today reported.

The Washington Post first reported that the calls have reached nearly all of the nation's area codes. Kristen Clarke, the president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said they have been getting many complaints about these calls throughout the election cycle.

"Robocalls are a bigger issue this year than in prior years. We have received some complaints about the robocalls targeting folks in Flint," she said, adding that it may have reached millions of voters.

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