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FBI investigating as ballot boxes go up in flames in Vancouver, Washington

Ballot boxes in Washington State and Oregon were set alight by the same culprit damaging hundreds of votes, the FBI believes.

Footage of the blaze in Vancouver, Washington shows smoke billowing from a red drop box as a uniformed officer scrapes at the smouldering remains of voter slips.

Hundreds of ballots appeared to be reduced to ashes and local media reported that only a handful were saved.

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