{"id":2360514,"date":"2024-10-28T12:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-arson-attacks-destroy-hundreds-of-ballots-in-oregon-and-washington-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T12:30:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:30:35","slug":"suspected-arson-attacks-destroy-hundreds-of-ballots-in-oregon-and-washington-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-arson-attacks-destroy-hundreds-of-ballots-in-oregon-and-washington-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected arson attacks destroy hundreds of ballots in Oregon and Washington &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuspected-arson-attacks-destroy-hundreds-of-ballots-in-oregon-and-washington-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2360514&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Monday morning, authorities in Oregon and Washington responded\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">multiple suspected arson \u200battacks targeting \u2064ballot\u200c drop boxes<\/a>. In Portland, Oregon,\u2062 police were \u2062called\u2062 to a scene where \u200ban incendiary\u2062 device ignited \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-republicans-vote-to-oust-top-election-official-following-messy-and-chaotic-2020-election\/\" title=\"Wisconsin GOP ousts election official after tumultuous 2020 vote.\">ballot drop \u200cbox<\/a>\u2062 around 3:30 a.m., though security personnel had managed to\u200c extinguish the fire before responders\u2064 arrived. Meanwhile, in\u2064 Vancouver, Washington, smoke was reported \u200dcoming from another ballot drop\u2063 box, and upon investigation, officials found \u2064that hundreds of ballots had been burned. The last pickup at this location occurred the previous day at 8 a.m.,\u2064 indicating that those ballots were still inside when the fire occurred. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fani-willis-allegedly-warned-nathan-wades-lawyer-to-keep-quiet-they-are-coming-after-us\/\" title=\"Fani Willis reportedly cautioned Nathan Wade&#039;s attorney to stay silent, stating, &quot;They&#039;re targeting us\">incident raises significant concerns<\/a> regarding the\u200c security and\u2062 integrity of \u2063the election process in these states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Suspected arson attacks destroy hundreds of ballots in Oregon and Washington<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1844632\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ballots sitting inside drop boxes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oregon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oregon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Washington<\/a> were burned early Monday morning in suspected arson attacks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/portland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Portland<\/a>, Oregon, police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katu.com\/news\/local\/incendiary-device-set-off-inside-se-portland-ballot-box-causing-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">responded<\/a> to an incendiary device that was ignited at around 3:30 a.m. Pacific time. Security personnel in the area had already extinguished the fire by the time responders arrived at the scene.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just north of the border in Vancouver, Washington, officials responded to smoke coming out of a ballot drop box, in which hundreds of ballots were discovered to be burned at about 6:30 a.m. Pacific time.<\/p>\n<p>The Clark County auditor told <a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/vancouver-ballot-box-seen-smoking-same-morning-as-portland-ballot-box-arson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">KATU<\/a> the last ballot pickup at that location was 8 a.m. Sunday, which means hundreds of ballots were inside at the time of the fire. The county said there were likely only a few ballots that could be salvaged.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">ballot box<\/a> in question is located at the Park and Ride at Fisher&rsquo;s Landing Transit Center near Southeast 162nd Avenue in Vancouver. Voters who dropped off their ballot here after 8 a.m. on Sunday are being told to <a href=\"https:\/\/clark.wa.gov\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">contact<\/a> the Election Auditor&rsquo;s Office as soon as possible to receive a new ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Voters who dropped off their ballots at this location are casting votes for one of the tightest House contests in the country this cycle. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), a centrist Democrat, is seeking reelection in the Republican-leaning district. She is running against Republican Joe Kent, who she narrowly beat by fewer than 3,000 votes in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver and Portland are neighboring cities on opposite sides of the Columbia River, but it is unknown at this time if the attacks are connected to one another. Both incidents are being investigated as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-charges-suspected-antifa-members-for-riot-that-damaged-democratic-party-headquarters\/\" title=\"Portland Charges Suspected Antifa Members For Riot That Damaged Democratic Party Headquarters\">arson attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1844632\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1844632\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspected arson destroys hundreds of ballots in Oregon, Washington<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2360516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ap-ballot-box-fire-102824-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[13856,9807,6642],"class_list":["post-2360514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-arson","tag-ballots","tag-oregon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ap-ballot-box-fire-102824-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}