根据一封发给选举官员的信，美国联邦调查局邀请全国各地的选举官员在本月晚些时候召开电话会议，讨论该机构为高风险的中期选举所做的“准备”。美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)看过这封信。
这封信在本周早些时候发出，声明美国联邦调查局的电话还将包括来自国土安全部、司法部、美国邮政检查局和选举援助委员会的选举官员。
“为了准备2026年美国中期选举，你在美国联邦调查局、DOJ、DHS、USPIS和EAC的选举伙伴想邀请你参加一个电话会议，我们可以讨论我们为这个周期的准备工作，以及我们可以向你和你的工作人员提供的更新和资源……我们期待着与你交谈，以支持2026年的中期选举，”美国联邦调查局工作人员凯利·哈迪曼写道，他在这封信中署名为“美国联邦调查局选举执行官”。
一名美国联邦调查局官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，选举执行角色不是一个新角色。这位美国联邦调查局官员补充说，此前曾有指定的高管担任联络人，与选举官员就选举相关事宜进行合作，并以此身份代表美国联邦调查局发言。
该官员补充说，美国联邦调查局在前几轮选举中与选举官员进行了接触，并参加了联邦政府对他们的简报会。
据一位熟悉这封信的消息人士透露，这封信发给了美国大多数选举官员。
亚利桑那州国务卿和犹他州副州长办公室——负责监督该州选举的办公室——向ABC新闻证实，他们是收到简报邀请的办公室之一，简报定于2月25日举行。
这封信是首次报道通过不正当的媒体。
尽管政府官员进行选举安全对话并不罕见，但这一邀请是在唐纳德·特朗普总统正在进行的对选民欺诈的虚假指控和最近美国联邦调查局突袭了乔治亚州富尔顿县的选举办公室。
即将到来的中期选举意义重大，因为众议院多数席位归属悬而未决——目前共和党在该议院仅占据微弱多数优势。
FBI invites elections officials nationwide to a call on 'preparations' for midterm elections
The FBI has invited elections officials around the country for a call later this month on the agency's "preparations" for the high-stakes midterm elections, according to a letter sent to election officials and reviewed by ABC News.
The letter, which went out earlier this week, states that the FBI call will also include election officials from the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, United States Postal Inspection Service and Election Assistance Commission.
"To prepare for the 2026 US midterm elections, your election partners at the FBI, DOJ, DHS, USPIS, and the EAC would like to invite you to a call where we can discuss our preparations for the cycle, as well as updates and resources we can provide to you and your staff… We look forward to speaking with you in support of the 2026 midterm elections,” FBI staffer Kellie Hardiman, who signed the letter with the title "FBI Election Executive," wrote.
An FBI official told ABC News that the election executive role is not a new role. There have previously been designated executives that serve as the point person to work with elections officials on election-related matters and to speak on behalf of the FBI in that capacity, the FBI official added.
The FBI has conducted outreach to election officials in previous cycles and been a part of federal briefings on them as well, the official added.
The letter went to most election officials in the United States, according to a source familiar with the letter.
The offices of Arizona’s secretary of state and Utah’s lieutenant governor -- the office that oversees elections in that state -- confirmed to ABC News that they are among the offices that received the invite for the briefing, set to be held on Feb. 25.
The letter wasfirst reportedby Crooked Media.
Although it's not unusual for government officials to have an election-security dialogue, the invite comes amid President Donald Trump's ongoingfalse claims of voter fraudand therecent FBI raid of an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia.
The stakes are high for the upcoming midterm elections with the House majority on the line -- as Republicans have a slim majority in the chamber.
