Election security: Officials say 2024 election saw only 'minor' disruptive activities

Voting hours were extended at a number of polling sites due to technical issues.

From the polling place to the courtroom, ABC News tracks the latest election security developments on Election Day 2024 as experts warn about the spread of misinformation and disinformation from within the U.S. and abroad.

Security experts stress that the nation's voting infrastructure is highly secure, and that isolated voting issues do not indicate widespread election fraud.

For coverage of each race, see our election updates.


How to watch ABC News coverage of Election Day

On Election Day, voters around the country will eagerly wait to hear if former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris comes out on top in the race for the White House.

ABC News will have full coverage of the presidential election results and many other key down-ballot races on Election Day and the days afterward as votes continue to get counted.

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Russia 'manufactured and amplified' video claiming election fraud in Arizona: Officials

The intelligence community is yet again sounding the alarm on a Russian "manufactured and amplified" video claiming election fraud in Arizona -- and warned that the activity from Russia will likely focus on battleground states.

"Since our statement on Friday, the IC has been observing foreign adversaries, particularly Russia, conducting additional influence operations intended to undermine public confidence in the integrity of U.S. elections and stoke divisions among Americans," the FBI, ODNI and CISA said in a statement Monday night.

"The IC expects these activities will intensify through election day and in the coming weeks, and that foreign influence narratives will focus on swing states," officials added in the statement.

Russia, according to the intelligence community, is the “most active threat” in the election.

“Influence actors linked to Russia in particular are manufacturing videos and creating fake articles to undermine the legitimacy of the election, instill fear in voters regarding the election process, and suggest Americans are using violence against each other due to political preferences, judging from information available to the IC,” the statement continued.

"These efforts risk inciting violence, including against election officials. We anticipate Russian actors will release additional manufactured content with these themes through election day and in the days and weeks after polls close," officials said in the statement.

Content with the hallmark of a Russian influence operation includes a video claiming election fraud in Arizona and an article falsely claiming that U.S. officials across swing states plan to orchestrate election fraud using a range of tactics, such as ballot stuffing and cyberattacks.

CISA said to seek out trusted sources of information -- the election officials themselves.

-ABC News' Luke Barr


Harris, Trump remain closely matched on Election Day eve: Ipsos poll

Harris is effectively tied with Trump among likely voters in an Ipsos national poll published Monday evening.

If the election were held today, half of likely voters said they would vote for Harris and 48% said Trump, the poll found.

When American adults were asked which candidate has a better plan, policy or approach to the following issues, Harris led on health care and political extremism, while Trump had more support for the economy, immigration and war/foreign issues, the poll found.

The poll was conducted Nov. 1-3 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percentage points for likely voters and +/-3.0 percentage points for American adults.

-ABC News' Emily Chang and Oren Oppenheim


'It's as if he is trying to lose,' Trump adviser tells Jonathan Karl

A close Trump adviser told ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl it's as if the former president "is trying to lose," Karl told "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir.

"The Trump campaign just sent me reams of data saying they are ahead in the early vote, they're doing everything they need to do to win, but I have to tell you, talking to senior advisers, people that have been advising Trump for a long time, I'm hearing newfound anxiety," Karl said. "They say he's been off-message."

Karl said the Harris campaign has been "feeling anxiety for a long time, but they feel like this is closing in the right direction for them" and that Trump's Madison Square Garden rally last month "was a turning point in this campaign."


Georgia poll worker arrested for allegedly mailing bomb threat to election officials

A Georgia poll worker was arrested Monday and charged with allegedly sending a letter threatening to bomb an elections office in the state's Jones County last month, the Justice Department announced.

Nicholas Wimbish, 25, allegedly sent the threat after he had a verbal argument with a voter in the Jones County Elections Office on Oct. 16, according to prosecutors.

The following day, he allegedly mailed a letter to the Jones County elections superintendent purporting to be from the unidentified voter that stated Wimbish had "give[n] me hell" and was "conspiring votes" and "distracting voters from concentrating," according to prosecutors.

The letter allegedly stated that Wimbish and others "should look over their shoulder" and that the "young men will get beatdown if they fight me" and "will get the treason punishment by firing squad if they fight back," according to the DOJ.

The letter was allegedly signed, "PS boom toy in early vote place, cigar burning, be safe," prosecutors said.

During an interview with the FBI on Oct. 23, Wimbish allegedly blamed the letter on the voter he had interacted with, according to the complaint. During a search of Wimbish's personal computer, the letter was allegedly found in the print spooler, according to the complaint.

Wimbish faces several charges including mailing a bomb threat, conveying false information about a bomb threat, and making false statements to the FBI. He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison on the cumulative charges if convicted, prosecutors said.

Court records do not list any attorney information for Wimbish.

-ABC News' Alexander Mallin