Georgia poll worker arrested for mailing bomb threat to voting station

A Georgia poll worker has been arrested by federal officials for allegedly mailing a letter threatening other poll workers with rape, a 'beatdown' and a bomb threat.

Nicholas Wimbish, 25, of Milledgeville, Georgia, got into a verbal argument with a voter while serving as a poll worker at the Jones County Elections Office in Gray, Georgia on October 16.

Prosecutors allege that the registered Republican spent the rest of the evening researching online what personal information about him might be publicly accessible.

The next day, the Georgia College and State University graduate allegedly mailed a letter addressed to the Jones County Elections Superintendent under an alias named 'Jones County Voter'.

The letter was drafted to make it appear as if it came from the voter and accused Wimbish of 'give[n] me hell', 'conspiring votes' and 'distracting voters from concentrating'.

Furthermore, the paper threatened that Wimbish and others 'should look over their shoulder... I know where they go... I know where they all live because I found home voting addresses for all them'.

Additionally, he said 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 Department of Justice .

The letter also threatened to 'rage rape' the 'ladies' and warned them to 'watch every move they make and look over their shoulder'.

Ultimately, it concluded with a handwritten note, 'PS boom toy in early vote place, cigar burning, be safe.'

Wimbish has since been charged with mailing a bomb threat, conveying false information about a bomb threat, mailing a threatening letter and making false statements to the FBI.

If found guilty by federal prosecutors, he could be sentenced to a maximum of 25 years in prison.

The accused was one of the five students stationed at Georgia polling site. According to a May , 'Wimbish of Milledgeville managed a precinct at the Jones County Senior Center with senior Emily Lanham of Augusta, Georgia.'

He had recently graduated with a master's in public administration and previously earned a degree in political science with a minor in rhetoric.

Wimbish had plans to teach or manage elections in the future, according to the profile done on him for the .

'It's been great to explore a potential career path in this field. I never realized the true meaning of this work and that it's something I could make a career out of, until I met Professor Claire Sanders.

'Working any election in any capacity—whether for an internship or not—is a crowning moment. The sense of achievement, being a part of democracy-in-action, is rewarding,' he said.

Days after his arrest, he posted a short CNN clip of Gabriel Sterling, COO of Georgia Secretary of State's Office addressing voters.

'The (candidate) you hate winning, it might happen.'

'Please respect your community's election officials and all election officials, as well as their safety.

'Do know despite people's weird theories, election workers have a passion and duty to execute an election fairly, are doing the people's work without fraud, deceit, and interference of any kind.

'After the election, hopefully the outcome can be widely peacefully accepted and the political rhetoric can be toned down,' he captioned the November 1 post.

The FBI Atlanta Field Office is currently investigating the case.