Police are searching for the person who set ballot boxes on fire in Washington and Oregon. Here’s what we know
With just days until Election Day, hundreds of ballots were destroyed by fires this week at two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest, and investigators are searching for a culprit they say is responsible for both.
Ballot boxes set on fire in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington; hundreds of ballots destroyed
Authorities in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, said they've opened investigations after two ballot boxes went up in flames.
Oregon, Washington ballot boxes set aflame, police release photo of at-large suspect's car
Oregon and Washington ballot boxes were set aflame Monday as early voting continues in the election. Portland police released a suspect vehicle photo.
Police: Fires set at ballot boxes in Oregon, Washington connected; ‘suspect vehicle’ ID'd
Police say they have identified a “suspect vehicle” connected to incendiary devices that set fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state early Monday.
Ballot Box Fires in Oregon and Washington are Connected, Police Say
A fire caused by an "incendiary device" damaged hundreds of ballots inside a Vancouver, Washington, ballot box early Monday, potentially affecting one of the most competitive congressional races in the country.
'Violent attack on democracy': Ballot boxes set ablaze in Oregon, Washington
The FBI and authorities in the Pacific Northwest were searching Tuesday for suspects after ballot boxes were set ablaze in Washington and Oregon, damaging hundreds of votes a week before Election Day.
Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington and damage 3 in Oregon
Incendiary devices have been set off at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland, Oregon, and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — in what one official called a “direct attack on democracy.”
Washington State Ballot Box in Flames in Suspected Arson, Police Say
A Washington state ballot box used to collect early votes ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. election was engulfed in flames on Monday in a suspected arson, which the FBI is now investigating, local police said.
Ballot boxes burned, hundreds of votes destroyed in Washington, Oregon arson cases
Two arsons occurred at ballot drop boxes 15 miles from each other on Monday morning in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington.
Ballot drop boxes set on fire in Portland, Oregon, metro area
Fires were set early Monday in absentee ballot drop boxes in metro Portland, Oregon, resulting in hundreds of ballots being destroyed. Just outside Portland in Vancouver, Washington, firefighters removed burning ballots from a drop box,
Here's what voters can do if they're worried after arson incidents in Washington, Oregon
Voters can take steps to check on their ballot if they're concerned after the arson incidents involving ballot boxes in Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon.
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