First responders pull out the burning contents of a ballot box, used to collect early votes ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. election, after it was set on fire in a suspected arson in Vancouver, Washington, US. Evan Bell/ABC Affiliate KATU via REUTERS
Police believe three suspected arsons at ballot drop boxes in the northwestern US states of Washington and Oregon are linked, and have identified what they believe is a suspect vehicle in Oregon, officials said on Monday.
Two separate blazes erupted Monday in Portland, Oregon, damaging three ballots, and Vancouver, Washington, destroying hundreds, officials said. They said the two blazes resembled a third fire at a town in Oregon’s ballot box on October 8 that did not succeed in damaging any ballots.
