US Election 2020: New York investigates mysterious robocalls urging voters to 'stay home'

While US citizens began voting, FBI started investigating mysterious robocalls urging people across country to stay home on election day. According to BBC, millions of voters have received automated calls asking m to “stay safe and stay home”. New York Attorney General Letitia James, on vember 3, also said that her office is actively investigating allegations regarding robocalls, spreading disinformation. 

James said, “Voting is a cornerstone of our democracy. Attempts to hinder voters from exercising ir right to cast ir ballots are disheartening, disturbing and wrong. What''s more is that it is illegal and will t be tolerated”. 

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organ of calls remain unclear and some have t specially mentioned voting. However, James said that every voter must be able to exercise his/her fundamental right to vote without being harassed, coerced of intimate. She said that US has a history of free and fair elections and “this election will be different”. “Voters should be rest assured that voting is safe and secure, and y should exercise ir fundamental right to vote in confidence,” James said, while also adding that state leaders across nation are working hard to protecting right to vote. 

call reportedly says, “Hello. This is just a test call. Time to stay home. Stay safe and stay home”. This call has been doing rounds for almost a year, however, on Tuesday it became one of biggest spam calls in country. Several US officials have raised concerns over robocalls in key battleground state Michigan, including one urging residents in city of Flint to “vote tomorrow” because of long queues. 

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‘tice and cure’ law 

Meanwhile, earlier this week, office of Attorney General had issued subpoenas to investigate source of such robocalls allegedly spreading disinformation. Additionally, NY Attorney General had also issued an alert on New Yorkers who voted by absentee ballot to inform m of ir rights under New York’s state’s new “tice and cure” law. law states that voters must be tified if ir absentee ballots are being rejected for certain errors y might have made in filling out ir ballots. 

"With record number of first-time absentee ballots, we hope this information proves useful to voters who may need to fix an inadvertent error with ir ballots," James said.

(With inputs from PTI) 

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