Ballot drop boxes set on fire in Portland, Oregon, metro area
Incendiary devices sparked fires early Monday in 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, according to video and photos from KATU-TV. The footage showed firefighters stamping out a smoldering pile of ballots that appeared to have been burned to ashes.
Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey, who administers elections in the area, said hundreds of ballots had been destroyed, but he did not know exactly how many. Officials will sort through them so they can contact some of the affected voters, but he said there is no way to know whom many of the ballots belonged to. Voters who dropped off their ballots after 11 a.m. Saturday should contact his office to receive a new ballot, he said.
