{"id":107650,"date":"2024-10-28T18:03:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/ballot-boxes-in-oregon-washington-state-set-on-fire-police\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T18:03:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:03:24","slug":"ballot-boxes-in-oregon-washington-state-set-on-fire-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/ballot-boxes-in-oregon-washington-state-set-on-fire-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballot boxes in Oregon, Washington state set on fire: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(PORTLAND, Ore.) — Ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington were set on fire early Monday, police in both states said.<\/p>\n

It is unclear if the two arson incidents, which occurred near the Oregon-Washington border, are connected.<\/p>\n

In the first reported incident, a ballot box in Portland, Oregon, was set on fire with an incendiary device, police said.<\/p>\n

Portland police responded to reports of a fire at a ballot box around 3:30 a.m. local time on Monday. Security at the Multnomah County Elections Division responded and extinguished the fire, officials said.<\/p>\n

“Officers determined an incendiary device was placed inside the ballot box and used to ignite the fire,” the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The bureau’s explosive disposal unit cleared the device, police said.<\/p>\n

Fire suppressant prevented further damage and protected “virtually all the ballots,” though three were damaged, the Multnomah County Elections Division said in a\u00a0press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elections officials will contact the three impacted voters so they can receive replacement ballots, the division said.<\/p>\n

“We have multiple systems and security measures in place to ensure your ballot is safe,” Multnomah County Elections Director Tim Scott said in a statement.<\/p>\n

No other ballot boxes or official drop sites in Multnomah County were affected, the division said.<\/p>\n

The Portland Fire Investigations Unit is investigating.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“Officers arrived and located a suspicious device next to the box,” which was on fire, the Vancouver Police Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The fire was extinguished, and members of the Metro Explosive Disposal Unit safely collected the device, police said.<\/p>\n

The extent of damage to ballots remains unclear.<\/p>\n

The FBI is investigating the incident, police said.<\/p>\n

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