FBI field office erroneously posted Election Day is Wednesday

Claim: An FBI field office erroneously posted on X that Election Day would be on Wednesday rather than Tuesday. Rating: Beginning one day before voters headed to the polls for the 2026 midterm elections, posts claimed that an FBI field office incorrectly told voters that Election Day would be on Wednesday. Election Day always takes place the Tuesday immediately after the first Monday in November in accordance with federal law. For example, one Threads user claimed (archived) that they received many messages about a deleted X post from the FBI's New Haven field office. The Threads post included a screenshot of the purported FBI New Haven post, which began, "Election day is Wednesday and the #FBI is working around the clock to ensure the midterms are safe." Other posts claiming the FBI's New Haven field office erroneously posted that Election Day would be on Wednesday spread on Instagram (archived). Some posts on X (archived) and Reddit (archived) claimed that the broader FBI posted the wrong Election Day date, without noting any individual field office. While the original post has since been deleted, an FBI New Haven X post incorrectly identifying Wednesday as Election Day was saved to the Internet Archive. Therefore, we've rated this claim true. According to the archived version of the post, the FBI New Haven field office shared the post around 10 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2. Since the Internet Archive uses Greenwich Mean Time, which is five hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time, that means FBI New Haven likely posted the incorrect information around 5 p.m. EST, which is the time zone where New Haven is located. The archived post reads: Election day is Wednesday and the #FBI is working around the clock to ensure the midterms are safe. Special Agent in Charge P. J. O'Brien and Public Affairs Specialist Christine Jeltema sat down with @thevoiceofct to discuss how the FBI protects the integrity of elections, including threats, voter intimidation, and ballot fraud. Listen in on their conversation here: ow.ly/2FOZ5102Zwb. The Internet Archive's snapshot is from approximately 9 a.m. GMT on Tuesday, Nov. 3, which would mean the post hadn't been taken down or corrected by 4 a.m. EST on Election Day. The post was deleted at some point later in the morning, though we couldn't confirm exactly when that happened. Snopes sent an email to the FBI's national press office asking if the mistake made by the New Haven press office originated from the national FBI. The FBI redirected us to the New Haven office, which stated, "The post was removed once the typo was identified." The New Haven office did not provide further clarification. There's no evidence the wider FBI also told people Wednesday was Election Day, as some people claimed. The Department of Justice, which the FBI operates under, correctly shared on Facebook (archived) that Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Before its deletion, the Connecticut secretary of state's office addressed the FBI field office's inaccurate post in a news release (New Haven is a city in Connecticut). It read: We are aware of misinformation circulating on social media, posted by the FBI's New Haven office, incorrectly stating that Election Day is Wednesday. Do not believe it. Election Day is today, Tuesday, November 3. Polls across Connecticut are open until 8 p.m., and anyone in line by 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote. Don't let incorrect information or confusion keep you from making your voice heard today. For further reading, Snopes is live fact-checking midterm election rumors.