WA-03: Burning ballots pulled from inside smoking Vancouver ballot box; hundreds of ballots lost

[RandySF]

VANCOUVER, Wash. — KATU was on the scene at Fisher's Landing Transit Center in Vancouver early Monday morning, where heavy smoke was seen coming from inside a dropoff ballot box.

Our photographer captured grey smoke steadily billowing out of the Park and Ride ballot box at Fisher's Landing Transit Center near Southeast 162nd Avenue just after 6 a.m.

Multiple police units were in the area, and the ballot box was cordoned off by police tape as it continued to smoke.

Around 6:30 a.m., KATU captured footage of first responders releasing a pile of actively burning ballots onto the ground, which continued to smolder and smoke heavily even after the flames were put out.



https://www.katu.com/news/local/vancouver-ballot-box-seen-smoking-same-morning-as-portland-ballot-box-arson

[Walleye]

1. Thanks a lot, Donald

[Trueblue1968]

44. Stupid moron tRumpers. Oregon .... MY STATE and Washington are blue !!! We are dems !!!

[Walleye]

45. We are at the point now, where the magas just crave violence for its own sake

[Lonestarblue]

2. Latest form of Republican cheating. Do we now need 24-hour guards on all ballot boxes because of Republicans?

[NCDem47]

6. Might as well add cameras on mailboxes too (as if).

This is why we can't have nice things.

[kimbutgar]

24. The ballot box I dropped my ballot off from last week had a big sign saying smile you're on camera!

[Tree Lady]

56. Same here in Medford OR

said you are on camera.

[newdeal2]

3. Ugh

At least there's theoretically time to identify who might be affected and get them a new ballot. I worry about this kind of thing happening on election day however.

[gab13by13]

5. It's a federal offense

and time and Merrick Garland don't do well together.

[Wednesdays]

10. Oh, FFS! "It's a federal offense."

Yeah, and I think it's a federal offense to break and enter the Capitol Building, too.

You think they're concerned about puny things like laws?

[orthoclad]

34. "In the year 2525"

[gab13by13]

4. Where the fuck is Merrick Garland?

Get on national TV and spell out the consequences. Do your fucking job.

In your spare time, investigate Leon Musk, Clarence Thomas, and Sam Alito.

[stopdiggin]

19. 3, 2, 1 - - well, of course we should make this about Garland

I mean - after all, isn't everything?

[LuvLoogie]

31. Well, if there are not FBI agents on the ground right now

then, yeah, it's about Garland.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

33. It happened literally this morning...

And the same people are already blaming Merrick Garland.

[Cirsium]

48. Not really

I don't think anyone is blaming Merrick Garland for anything related to this episode.

[stopdiggin]

53. Ummmm? You didn't read up-thread?

I don't know why I would characterize it differently. Or, recognizing the source - any rational reason why anyone should.

[Cirsium]

47. Federal law enforcement

"Where is the AG?" is a completely appropriate question when federal laws are being broken.

[stopdiggin]

54. well, of course! 30 minutes after any bank robbery

that's exactly what I'm asking! "Where's the AG ?"

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[orthoclad]

35. Why has Biden let Garland get away with this?

Serious question.

[Coexist]

7. I hope a good education campaign is launched in that area to check your vote status (if they do that there) so

people can validate their vote was received and counted, and if not, get another ballot

[MissB]

12. Like Oregon, Washington has a text alert option

I don’t even remember how I signed up for that (I’m in Oregon), but I get notification when my ballot is sent, when it was received and that it was accepted (so no signature issues).

I’m sure the Portland metro media will be all over this. Blue states and all that.

[LAS14]

8. As I've said here before, ballot boxes are just an invitation for vandalism. nt

[Rebl2]

17. Absolutely

Any drop boxes should be indoors.

[stopdiggin]

21. if you cut back access/hours

aren't you kind of negating the purpose of the boxes?
I'm more of the opinion that this is just a (smallish) price that we probably need to pay. That and service (empty) the boxes frequently? (like at least daily, maybe several times?)

[Wednesdays]

9. It's all they have left. Cheating and fraud.

[gab13by13]

11. Take your ballots to the post office lobby

[A Brand New World]

18. I took mine inside the Courthouse!

Took no chances on shenanigans!

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Makes me ashamed to be an American, where we can't hold a fair election. MAGA turning the US into a

third world country.

[bdamomma]

16. We had

fair elections until a loser couldn't take a loss. The felon is a loser, and let's tell him that. He's Fired!!!

[progressoid]

14. Let me guess....highly Democratic area?

[RandySF]

15. Bingo

Blue part of the district.

[Nevilledog]

20. It's obvious who's doing this

[Cirsium]

49. I am going to say it

Where is Merrick Garland? A aggressive DOJ response to the ongoing terror treats from MAGA is way overdue. Something along the lines of the way environmental activists or BLM protesters are treated would put an end to this.

[MineralMan]

22. Another Reason I'm Voting on Election Day at My Precinct Polling Place

There's going to be full security for the ballots there.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

23. KATUSinclair broadcasting

they are very conservative and slant bag things away from republicans !!! Every single slam political ad in the northwest quotes KATU as their source.

[maxsolomon]

25. Home base of the Proud Boys.

Quelle surprise.

[maxsolomon]

26. Use the good old USPS.

Preferably INSIDE the Post Office.

[Klarkashton]

27. This is new. They would like this to happen all over the

Country is my guess.

[mymomwasright]

28. DOJ should warn people to use indoor drops at post office or city buildings

Like, right now, today!

[Phoenix61]

29. So happy we have long in person early voting. nt

[Squaredeal]

30. We went online to confirm that our ballots arrived.

Ours arrived the following day at the County Board of Elections.

[Think. Again.]

32. Now they only need one voter who used that box to challenge...

...the certification of Washington's count.

[nolabear]

36. Portland, OR too.

Something tells me it’s not Democrats.

[FPGramma]

37. Oregon mailed at PO

That’s why I mailed mine inside the local post office. But it took 5 days before I was notified that my ballot was accepted.

[Tree Lady]

57. Which is why I went to ballot box

Don't trust the mail have lost to many things last few years and mail taking too long now that it goes through Portland and I am Medford.

[Catherine Vincent]

38. The article says only a few can be saved

So how will those burned ballots get counted? 🫤

[SoFlaBro]

39. Why the fuck isn't there 24 hour armed surveillance and guarding of the boxes? Just asking for this fuck shit.

[stopdiggin]

55. video seems reasonable. 24 hr armed guard

(for every drop box?) is obviously NOT.

[ekelly]

40. The ballot drop box in my town

is inside the village hall, only accessible during business hours.
As this is my first time voting by mail/dropoff, instead of in person, I was so relieved to find out that it was not outside.

[jmowreader]

41. WA-3 is a serious swing district

It has both D-heavy and R-heavy areas.

[dpibel]

52. And this happened in a blue one

Vancouver ain't exactly R-heavy.

Let me know when this happens in Lewis County.

[Ping Tung]

58. It's my district. In '22 we finally got a new rep (D) thanks to the pubs running off

a anti-Trump rep and running a real MAGAt, anti-choice, anti-environment, pro-gun, flag waver. He's running against our new Dem again this time.

[love_katz]

42. I dropped my ballot at the indoor mail slot at the post office.

I have used ballot drop boxes in the past with no problem. The one closest to where I live is in a branch of the county library and it's very secure.

However, I read about the incident in a blue county in Arizona where the drop box was set on fire, and also that $hitter had posts from people who posted about what kinds of liquids could be poured into drop boxes to destroy the ballots, so I decided to drive to my local post office and drop my ballot into the mail slot in the lobby.

My state has ballot tracking, so I was notified a couple of days ago that my ballot was accepted and counted. Take that, wannabe dictators!!

It tells us everything we might ever want to know about the R's, that cheating, lying, projection, and attacks are all they have.

May we crush them utterly. May they taste nothing but the ashes of defeat

[verargert]

43. Damn Republicans !

[love_katz]

46. Thank you for posting the KATU link.

I didn't realize that the Portland attack was at the county voter registration office.



Just...wow. R's are the biggest bunch of sore losers on the planet.

[FelineOverlord]

50. Local news reports

[SayItLoud]

51. Surprise surprise...

Of course we knew this would be happening...and more to come. Why Biden hasn't used his executive options (and immunity) to protect every drop box with guards seems like a good question. Oh well.

[LiberalFighter]

59. I'm figuring Election Offices are tracking

Who requested ballots.

And can possibly contact those they have not received. The ballot box location should help identify likely ballots impacted.