by Brooke Mallory
OAN
October 29, 2024
A little over a week before Election Day, ballot drop boxes in Portland, Oregon, and nearby Vancouver, Washington, were set on fire early on Monday morning, according to police.
Three ballot boxes were severely damaged in Portland, according to local officials, while “hundreds” may have been impacted in Vancouver.
According to the Portland Police Bureau, a sidewalk ballot box in the Central City area had an “incendiary device” inside of it. The fire had been put out by local security forces by the time officers arrived on the scene at around 3:30 a.m. local time.
“Officers determined an incendiary device was placed inside the ballot box and used to ignite the fire,” a statement from the Portland police read, noting that the bureau’s Explosive Disposal Unit removed the mechanism.
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