A second ballot-box fire, this time in Clark County, destroys ‘hundreds’ of ballots

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2024/10/a-second-ballot-box-fire-this-time-in-clark-county-destroys-hundreds-of-ballots.html?origin=serp_auto

25 comments

  1. This is MAGA terrorism, and the press needs to call it out for what it is.

  2. Yeah, this isn’t great, and we still have over a week to go until we actually get to Election Day itself…

  3. Part of why I save voting until election day here in Oregon. This isn’t rural Oregon, this is Portland metro area. So it probably won’t swing any elections, but it really hurts democratic ballots the most. Pretty sure this is a federal crime doing it.

    edit: I stand corrected. Picture was from Portland, article was about Washington. Anyone should keep checking if votes were accepted

  4. Clark County (WA), the outskirts of Multnomah County (which is mostly compromised Portland, but the east part of the county is conservative) and Clackamas County, OR have a lot of MAGA morons.

  5. This is how MAGA protects the integrity of our elections.

  6. Oh, the irony. MAGA keeps screaming about election fraud, but guess who’s ACTUALLY doing it? They’ve been the ones trying to rig the system all along. They whine and whine about ‘stolen elections,’ but it’s just a cover for their own dirty tricks. From shutting down polling stations, pushing ridiculous voter ID laws, spreading disinformation, to now sabotaging ballot boxes, they’re the ones trying to cheat the system, and they’ve got the nerve to act like they’re the victims? Please.

    It’s time to call out the hypocrisy. They can’t keep hiding behind this ‘fraud’ narrative while they’re the ones sabotaging democracy. We need to show up, vote, and make sure their games don’t work. Enough is enough.

  9. The DoJ needs to come down hard and immediately on this. We have seen conservatives escalate every single time they see acts like this go unpunished. There will be more fires and it will be widespread if there aren’t severe consequences for the people doing this.

  10. When we catch people trying to subvert democracy like this, we should rescind their citizenship and send them with one way tickets to a dictatorship of their choice. They can go to Russia and see all the bread that the Swanson Boy was so elated about.

  11. This is why I early voted directly in person, much less chance of my ballot being tampered with.

  13. This is happening because they didn t punish Trump for his first insurrection

  14. If you live in Washington, you can check on the status of your ballot, request a replacement ballot, find an in-person voting center, or register to vote online here: https://voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/login.aspx

    **Today** is the last day to register online or by mail, but you can register to vote in-person up to and on election day, and cast your ballot at the same time!

  15. Check the status of your ballot here:

    https://voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/login.aspx

    The last time ballots were picked up from the box was 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26. Anyone who dropped off a ballot in the box after 11 a.m. on Saturday should contact the Clark County Elections Office.

  18. I live in the affected district. There’s a very tight race here between Marie Perez and a MAGA asshole named Joe Kent for the US House. Clark County is the birthplace of Patriot Prayer, a group entwined with the Proud Boys, and has a lot of rural, deeply red areas.

    On the plus side, I’ve seen a lot less overt Trump support than in 2020. There are barely any vehicles with Trump flags, almost no signs in yards near me, no pop-up merch shops, and not a single bunch of sign-swingers on the corner.

    On the negative side, the serious Trumpers are pulling shit like this, and they’ve really gone all in on MAGA. On the even more negative side – though this is more of a personal thing – I found out just this morning someone whom I work with, who always struck me as a very kind person, has a boyfriend who went to school with Joe Kent and they held a meet and greet with him at their house. It’s been a while since I’ve been in a place where a single revelation about a person can change your whole view of them. I suppose it’s better to know than not know, but damn.

  19. And our media will commit malpractice again and barely mention all the GOP cheating going on.

  20. As someone who lived in Oregon, these attacks by the MAGA folks are directly targeting election integrity. They’re the ones doing it and shouting that it’s being done. 

  21. What the fuck is going on, this is warfare and everyone must be prepared to take action when Trump declares victory. 250 years of blood sweat and tears to form and create this nation and this orange fascist rapist fraudster insurrectionist is going to just take it?! Hell no!

  22. This is why MAGA trash deserves to get run into the fucking ground. How i would love to see one attempt to light a mailbox on fire just to see them get blasted in the fucking face.

  23. Apparently MAGA doesn’t believe Donald Trump is going to win

  24. Check the status of your ballot here:

    [https://voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/login.aspx](https://voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/login.aspx)

    The last time ballots were picked up from the box was 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26. Anyone who dropped off a ballot in the box after 11 a.m. on Saturday should contact the Clark County Elections Office.

  25. Looks like surveillance is needed at every ballot box. Is this just happening in democratic leaning jurisdictions?

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