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.
NEW: Two ballot drop-off boxes were set on fire in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, early Monday morning, with possibly hundreds of ballots damaged from the fire.
Heavy smoke was seen coming from the dropoff ballot box around 4 AM. Local news station KATU captured… pic.twitter.com/ok3vaPftXl
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) October 28, 2024
