Ballot boxes in two states damaged as FBI tracks down fire-setting suspect
Multiple ballot drop-boxes got damaged by fire in Washington and Oregon leaving hundreds of votes destroyed. FBI links the incidents to one suspect and found connections to earlier similar attacks
In a troubling pre-election incident authorities discovered ballot drop-boxes set ablaze in Washington State and Oregon destroying many votes. A fire broke-out early monday morning at a red drop-box in Vancouver making smoke rise up from burnt voter slips (only few ballots survived the damage)
“Its a direct attack on democracy“ said Greg Kimsey the Clark County auditor who estimated hundreds of ballots got destroyed in the blaze. Anyone who put their ballot in after 11 AM saturday should check its status; contact election office
Law-enforcement found links between multiple attacks: a suspicious Volvo was caught on camera near a Portland drop-box where three ballots got damaged‚ and investigators recovered evidence connecting these fires to an oct-8 incident at another Vancouver location
We dont have the exact number‚ but it was hundreds
The recent attacks follow a pattern of ballot-box targeting - last week in Phoenix someone burnt about 20 mail-in votes. Back in 2020 similar fire-related incidents happened in Boston and California affecting over 100 ballots each. The FBI also pointed-out Russian attempts to spread fake videos showing ballot destruction in Pennsylvania
Elon Musk spoke against mail-in voting at a town-hall meet calling it a “recipe for fraud“ while intelligence officials work to protect election integrity from both physical and digital threats
