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Hundreds of ballots damaged after ballot box set on fire in Washington state: Officials

The incident is believed to be connected to two others in Washington and Oregon.

By Meredith Deliso, Chris Boccia, and Lucien Bruggeman
October 28, 2024

Ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington were set on fire with incendiary devices early Monday in what authorities believe are connected incidents, police said.

The two arson incidents, which occurred near the Oregon-Washington border, are also believed to be connected to a third ballot box incident that occurred earlier this month in Vancouver, Washington, police said.

In the first reported incident on Monday, Portland police responded to a fire at a ballot box around 3:30 a.m. local time, police said. Security at the Multnomah County Elections Division responded and extinguished the fire, officials said.

"Our officers quickly determined that there was an incendiary device that had been attached to the ballot box, and that is what ignited this fire," Portland Police Bureau spokesperson Mike Benner said at a press briefing on Monday.

The bureau's explosive disposal unit cleared the device, police said.

Fire suppressant prevented further damage and protected "virtually all the ballots," though three were damaged, the Multnomah County Elections Division said in a press release.

Elections officials said they are contacting the three impacted voters so they can receive replacement ballots.

Multnomah County Elections Director Tim Scott told ABC News that 409 ballots inside the ballot box "were undamaged" and preserved thanks to the fire suppressant.

Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade said the limited impact to ballots "shows that our systems are safe and secure."

"Make no mistake, an attack on a ballot box is an attack on our democracy and completely unacceptable," Griffin-Valade said in a statement. "Whatever the motivation behind this incident, there is no justification for any attempt to disenfranchise voters."

No other ballot boxes or official drop sites in Multnomah County were affected, the division said.

The Portland Fire Investigations Unit is investigating.

About a half hour later, around 4 a.m. local time, officers in Vancouver, Washington, responded to a report of a ballot box that was smoking and on fire, police said.

"Officers arrived and located a suspicious device next to the box," which was on fire, the Vancouver Police Department said in a statement.

The fire was extinguished, and members of the Metro Explosive Disposal Unit safely collected the device, police said.

"Hundreds" of ballots are believed to have been damaged on Monday, though an official number has not yet been determined, Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey said at the press briefing.

Fire suppression devices are also installed in ballot drop boxes in the county, though they do not appear to have worked well, said Kimsey, who added that they're going to try to obtain better fire suppression devices.

The Clark County Auditor's Office will be working to ensure impacted voters have replacement ballots in time, officials said.

"We take the safety of our election workers seriously and will not tolerate threats or acts of violence that seek to undermine the democratic process," Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs said in a statement. "I strongly denounce any acts of terror that aim to disrupt lawful and fair elections in Washington state. Despite this incident, I have complete confidence in our county elections official's ability to keep Washington's elections safe and secure for all voters."

Monday's incident is similar to an incident that occurred on Oct. 8 in Vancouver, in which a ballot box was smoking and on fire with a "device" next to it, Vancouver interim Police Chief Troy Price said during the press briefing.

We do believe the incident here [in Portland] is connected to the two incidents in Vancouver," Benner said.

Police have identified a suspect vehicle, a possible Volvo that was captured on surveillance footage near the ballot box in Portland, Benner said.

A motive remains unclear, Portland Assistant Chief Amanda McMillan said.

"We do know that acts like this are targeted and they're intentional, and we're concerned about that intentional act trying to affect the election process," she said at the press briefing on Monday. "We're dedicated to stopping that kind of behavior, and we're working toward that today."

The FBI is also investigating the incidents "to determine who is responsible," an agency spokesperson said.

Portland Gov. Tina Kotek commended the "rapid response" from law enforcement and election officials.

"Voter intimidation or any criminal act to undermine the upcoming election is un-American & will not be tolerated," she said in a statement on social media.

Both Oregon and Washington are one of several vote-by-mail states, with ballots returned by mail or at an official drop box. Washington also has voting centers open to accept ballots.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/ballot-box-set-fire-west-coast-portland-oregon/story?id=115221030

Photo 1) The ballot drop box.

Photo 2) CCTV photo of a car that police believe was carrying the perpetrator.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN DISCOVERS STACK OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS IN STORM DRAIN

By Sid Garcia
Friday, October 18, 2024

SIERRA MADRE, Calif. -- A Southern California man says he found a stack of election ballots stuffed inside a storm drain, and he's now speaking out about the discovery.

Jay Senese was doing some landscape work at his Sierra Madre home Saturday when saw something strange in the storm drain next to his house: nearly a dozen mail-in ballots.

He said he got on his hands and knees and started scooping them out and noticed the addresses were from his Arcadia neighbors a block away.

"We're trained here to keep stuff out of the storm drain... I pull out a bunch of junk mail and Ralphs ads and these ballots were mixed in with the junk mail... Of course, they catch my attention because we're seeing on TV about all of the care being taken to prevent fraud and misuse of ballots. It seemed a strange place for ballots to be. "

He says he tried to return them to the nearby post office but they were already closed.

His guess is someone went around the neighborhood opening up the mailboxes and emptying them. What the thieves didn't want, they dumped in the storm drain.

He shared with Eyewitness News that he doesn't receive a lot of mail. He said, for him, its safer.

"I'm one of those people who's got almost everything coming in paperless. I don't get a lot of personal mail. The only thing I get these days... might be a replacement credit card or something."

If you haven't received your mail-in ballot and you believe it may be lost or even stolen, the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder's website allows you to request a replacement by filling out a form online. You can only do this once.

And according to the website, it will not change your registration status.

Mr Senese says he plans on going to the post office this afternoon to return the ballots he found.

https://abc7chicago.com/post/sierra-madre-california-man-finds-stack-mail-ballots-storm-drain-weeks-ahead-2024-election/15441534/

These people found ballot boxes that had been dumped on the street.

Trump / Harris:

Snatching of Ballot Boxes in the US?🇺🇸

We thought this act was reserved for ‘3rd world countries’? 🤭👀pic.twitter.com/xe3gJ3lkZi

— GIDI (@Gidi_Traffic) October 29, 2024

That's good! In fact US should be set ablaze that country is a danger to humanity

The FBI said it was fake news and the media propaganda was done by Russia and they expect more.

cl0r0x:
The FBI said it was fake news and the media propaganda was done by Russia and they expect more.

Totally different event. That video showed a man ripping up ballot papers and that was in Pennsylvania.

Our 9ja agbero don enter yankee.

Election neva start

E be like saner clime don dey go insane

So we own na test case


I see

guin:
The guys are taking a cue from US. They must have been watching

you most be high on pekus


Anything a white man have name for
It's there inversion

They now learning from nigeria

Oyinbo sef together cause trouble

Yesooo

America is getting there gradually

oluomo people are the one behind this. US government should go and check his house in texas.

Our easterner labourer party don carry their behaviour go Alabama!

MC Oluomo don reach there

Na wah .... America don dey learn electoral violence from naija 😂

America has messed into so many regional insecurities....which might lead to her downfall ....so many enemies


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naptu2:

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/ballot-box-set-fire-west-coast-portland-oregon/story?id=115221030

Photo 1) The ballot drop box.

Photo 2) CCTV photo of a car that police believe was carrying the perpetrator.

Trump supporters as usual they are known for violence

Let the rigging begin

"In Saner Climes" like you people would say..

So APC don travel reach AMELICA bayi

TRUMP TOUTS

God should kukuma destroy this Country make everybody rest...

Even in advanced democracy, some people now see elections as do or die affair.

Humans are increasingly becoming self-centred. It goes with violence, and it is unfortunate.

Saner clime?
There is no place in the world without vices.

The Democrats are no different from Apc

0m0luabi:
That's good! In fact US should be set ablaze that country is a danger to humanity

45 percent of world problem is the US

So if similar thing should happen in Nigeria's 2027 election, one confused fugitive will Tweet :

Ballot boxes are also been stollen in America during elections.
You can Fact check me

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