Several polling locations in New Jersey have been moved on Election Day due to emailed bomb threats that officials say are not credible and other police activity, authorities said.
“Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic counties,” the state Office of the Attorney General said in a statement Tuesday.
“Law enforcement officers have responded at each affected polling place, and they have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations and ensure the safety of every voter. Some of these polling locations have already re-opened to the public. At others, voters will be directed to a nearby polling location to cast their ballot.”
In Monmouth County, a polling location has been relocated to the Belmar courtroom at 601 Main Street.
In Woodbridge, the polling location at Avenel Middle School is closed due to a police investigation, Middlesex County officials said. Voters are being sent to Woodbine Avenue Elementary School on Woodbine Avenue in Avenel.
Police activity, due to a bomb threat at the polling place located in Livingston Park School in North Brunswick, New Jersey on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
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Elsewhere in Middlesex County, voters expecting to cast their ballots at Livingston Park School in North Brunswick are being directed Linwood School to cast their vote. There is police activity at Livingston Park School, officials said
Meanwhile, Newark police said they investigating the origin of multiple phishing emails regarding fake claims of bomb threats. A threat on Gotthard Street was unfounded, a police spokeswoman said in an email.
No polling locations in Newark are closed as of 9:30 a.m, the spokeswoman said.
NJ polling location at Martin Luther King School No. 6 in Passaic, NJ. Tuesday, November 4, 2025John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
In Passaic County, video shows a heavy police presence outside School 10 in Paterson, a voting location.
“We are taking the threats very seriously and we immediately evacuated the polling sites,” Paterson mayor Andre Sayegh said in statement. “Thanks to the Paterson police department’s patrol operation working in concert with our state and county partners, all polling sites are safe and open for voters.”
In Trenton, Mercer County a 5 a.m bomb threat at a polling location — Hedgepeth William Elementary School on Gladstone Avenue proved unfounded, police said. A search of the school by a K9 united turned up nothing unusual. The school was closed to students Tuesday for Election Day.
Nearby Ewing High School also received a threat, Mercer County Executive Dan Benson said.
“The false threats made against polling locations in Mercer and other counties were a shameful and cowardly attempt to disrupt the exercise of free and fair elections,” Benson said in a statement.
It was a similar story Tuesday morning Bergen County as all of the threats were not credible, an official said.
“The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office is monitoring an Election Day bomb threat pattern and assisting various partner agencies at the local, county, state, and federal levels,” Bergen County Deputy Chief of Detectives Jeff Angermeyer said in a statement. “Public safety assets from across Bergen County — and throughout the region — have coordinated since early this morning. No suspicious items were discovered, and no ongoing safety concern has been identified. Law enforcement across Bergen County will remain engaged for the rest of Election Day.”
Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way said voting will continue safely, despite the non-credible threats.
“We are aware of threats made to several polling locations in New Jersey,” said Way, who serves as New Jersey’s chief election official in her capacity as Secretary of State. “
“Law enforcement has determined that there are no credible threats at this time. We are doing everything in our power to protect voters and poll workers and coordinate closely with state, local and federal partners to ensure a smooth and safe election.”
NJ Advance Media staff writer Kevin Shea contributed to this report.
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