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The Portland Police Bureau reported that officers and firefighters responded to a fire in one ballot drop box at about 3:30 […] Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington ...
Ballot boxes in Portland, Ore., and neighboring Vancouver, Wash., were set on fire early Monday morning, police said, just over a week out from Election Day. Ballot drop box fires in Oregon and ...
Election workers collect ballots from a newly placed ballot drop box outside the Multnomah County Elections Division office on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. - Jenny Kane/AP
The office will be increasing how frequently it collects ballots, Kimsey said, and changing collection times to the evening, to keep the ballot boxes from remaining full of ballots overnight when similar crimes are considered more likely to occur. An incendiary device was also found on or near a ballot drop box in downtown Vancouver early on ...
In Multnomah County, voting by mail is the most popular method as less than 1% of people vote in person, Scott told CNN; in Clark County, 60% of the ballots received are from ballot drop boxes ...
On October 28, 2024, an incendiary device was placed inside a ballot drop box near the Multnomah County Elections Division office in Portland, Oregon. The fire suppression system prevented major damage, although three ballots were affected. [40] Security was subsequently increased around ballot boxes in Multnomah County. [41]
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on May 21, 2024. In the early hours of October 28 an incendiary device was placed in a ballot drop box in Portland damaging 3 ballots. [1]
Voting in Oregon and Washington is done almost entirely by mail or ballot drop off. Less than 1% of people in Oregon’s Multnomah County vote in person, county Elections Director Tim Scott said.