{"id":356078,"date":"2025-11-04T23:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/356078\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T23:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:11:11","slug":"election-day-2025-live-updates-coverage-and-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/356078\/","title":{"rendered":"Election day 2025: Live updates, coverage and results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bomb threats have disrupted voting in some parts of New Jersey, temporarily shutting down a string of polling locations across the state early Tuesday morning before law enforcement determined the threats were hoaxes.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement responded to emailed threats at polling places in seven of New Jersey\u2019s 21 counties, according to the state\u2019s Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin. By 8:15 am, some polling locations had already reopened to the public, Platkin said, while others were redirecting voters to nearby polling locations.<\/p>\n

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way, the state\u2019s top election official, said law enforcement determined the threats were not credible.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are doing everything in our power to protect voters and poll workers and encourage every eligible voter to exercise their right to vote,\u201d Way said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New Jersey, a traditional Democratic stronghold where Republicans have made gains in recent years, is drawing national scrutiny as voters cast their ballot in a tightly contested Gubernatorial election between Representative Mikie Sherrill, a moderate Democrat, and Jack Ciattarelli, a businessman and former GOP state legislator backed by President Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cVoters should continue to have confidence that they can cast their ballot without fear of intimidation, and we will continue to work tirelessly to ensure a free, fair, and secure election,\u201d Platkin said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cMake no mistake: We will not tolerate any attempts to interfere with our elections, and we will swiftly hold accountable anyone who seeks to interfere with the safety or security of our electoral process.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bomb threats in New Jersey echoed a flurry of threats targeting Georgia, Maine, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio on 2024 election day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current New Jersey bomb threats suggest threat actors may seek to target additional locations hosting high-profile races, particularly during peak voting hours,\u201d the Center for Internet Security, a nonprofit group focused on cybersecurity, noted in a Nov. 4 2025 election situation report. \u201cElection officials should communicate with law enforcement to ensure awareness regarding the NJ bomb threats and be prepared to communicate with the public via available channels in the event of disruptive activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Voters went to the polls Tuesday amid \u201crising political tension\u201d and the \u201chighest levels of political violence in the U.S. since the 1970s,\u201d according to a recent threat assessment from the Center for Internet Security.<\/p>\n

\u201cElection officials and facilities, as well as candidates will be increasingly targeted with physical threats online and in-person, particularly during high-profile races,\u201d the report said. \u201cPotential targets include, but are not limited to, election officials, workers and volunteers, voter registration and voting locations, vote counting centers, drop boxes, and U.S. Postal Services facilities which handle mail-in ballots.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bomb threats have disrupted voting in some parts of New Jersey, temporarily shutting down a string of polling…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":356079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[9110,29426,1582,276,3953,10208,173701,2961,2936,224,5337,401,173700,173699,4995,290,14166,173698,9111,333],"class_list":{"0":"post-356078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ballot","9":"tag-bomb-threat","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-center","13":"tag-election-day","14":"tag-high-profile-race","15":"tag-la","16":"tag-law-enforcement","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-losangeles","19":"tag-new-jersey","20":"tag-poll-worker","21":"tag-polling-location","22":"tag-security","23":"tag-state","24":"tag-threat","25":"tag-top-election-official","26":"tag-voter","27":"tag-voting"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115493960765749471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}