Developing Violence and threats New
Voter intimidation at polling places
Voters are blocked, followed, threatened, or harassed at or near polling places and drop boxes so that they leave or stay home. It can come from campaigners, self-appointed monitors, or anyone else. Poll watching itself is legal, and credentialed watchers follow state rules on where they stand and what they can do. Intimidating, threatening, or coercing a voter is a crime under federal and state law. Armed federal agents and troops at the polls are tracked as separate threats.
What has happened
- Started tracking voter intimidation at polling places as its own threat. Early voting incidents in Dobson, North Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada are the first observed indicators, with a Tennessee primary report as a warning. 3 states on the map.
Where this threat is
- Active
- Developing
- Nothing marked
- North Carolina Active since Oct 15, 2026
- A voter is blocked and threatened outside an early voting site and leaves without voting. Dobson early voting site, Surry County. A former county commission candidate faces two misdemeanor charges · Oct 15, 2026
- Nevada Active since Oct 17, 2026
- A protester confronts voters at an early voting site and gets into a physical altercation, and police respond. Desert Breeze Community Center, Las Vegas, Clark County. Police warned the woman; no charges reported · Oct 17, 2026
- Tennessee Developing since Aug 6, 2026
- Observers report voters misled or targeted by campaigners outside polling places in an earlier election this year. Nolensville Recreation Center, Williamson County, Tennessee, Aug. 6 primary: a campaign volunteer told voters the machines were down · Aug 6, 2026