The federal agents are investigating calls made from people claiming to be members of the Virginia Board of Elections, who are telling voters in heavily Democratic areas that they will be arrested for voting in the wrong precinct.

Watch a video of the call: (via Huff Po)

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    ABC News:

    ABC News’ Jason Ryan Reports: The Virginia Board of Elections has confirmed to ABC News that the FBI is investigating claims of voter intimidation and polling place misdirection surrounding the bruising Senate race there.

    ABC News has obtained an audio wave file of a phone message left for resident and registered Virginia voter Tim Daly in which the caller claims to be from the Virginia Bd of Elections and informs Daly that he is not registered in VA and that if he shows up at the polls to vote he would be criminally prosecuted.

    The James Webb Senate campaign is claiming that voters are being misdirected to the wrong polling stations.

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