We are a week and one day from the 2024 Presidential Election and things are getting heated and not in a good way. It’ s being reported that hundreds of ballots have been destroyed after fires were set to ballot boxes across different states. That means hundreds of early ballots have gone up in smoke.
According to @KATUTV, smoke was seen rising from a box at a local transit center in Vancouver, Washington early Monday. When first responders arrived, they found a pile of ballots actively burning. The ballot box, last emptied on Sunday morning, still contained hundreds of ballots, though only a few were saved from the fire.
Local officials said three ballots were damaged in Portland while potentially “hundreds” were affected in Vancouver. Authorities also say that an “incendiary device” was placed inside of a sidewalk ballot box in the Central City district. The FBI is now investigating.
According to a statement:
“Voters should be assured that even if their ballots were in the affected box, their votes will be counted,”
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