US Election 2020: FBI investigates robocalls warning voters to ‘stay home and stay safe’

 

On the day of voting, voters received anonymous calls from robocalls warning them not to go out and vote but rather stay indoors and be safe.

According to reports, the FBI is investigating the robocalls that called voters and issued such warnings.

“It felt like voter suppression,” Doughty told The Associated Press. “It was even so vague that whoever did it could say it was about COVID.”

According to an analysis by YouMail, a tech company that makes anti-robocall software, the automated calls were placed to residents in nearly 90 percent of U.S. area codes.

Below is what the robocalls say when they called voters;  “This is just a test call.,” the voice says in one version of the robocall. “Time to stay home. Stay safe and stay home.”