A fairly quick note: just now I got a call on my mobile from a Pennsylvania number, 717-945-7018. (I know, likely spoofed.). An automated recording In a female voice said: This is a test. Stay safe and stay inside. Stay safe.
If I could have talked to the disembodied voice of anti-democracy, I would have said “no problem, I’ve already voted.”
They’re desperate- and rightly so.
Update: just reading NY Times article about fears of violence around the election and they mention these calls near the end of the article. NYT - potential for election violence.
“In Durham, N.C., Garrett Langley Henson was updating his website last week when an unknown number popped up on his phone. When Mr. Langley Henson answered, a prerecorded voice told him to “stand back, stay home, stay safe,” and then hung up. He received the same call, but from a different number, the next day.
“The undertone was very menacing,” Mr. Langley Henson said.”
Also, for everyone suggesting that I ignore the calls: Like many people, I have to answer the phone even though I don’t recognize the number — it’s part of my job.