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    Eira Gwyneth Posted on

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    The Portland, Oregon, Police Department released two photos of a fleeing suspect’s car after ballot boxes were set on fire in Oregon and Washington state on Monday for this year’s election.

    According to police, a ballot box in southeast Portland and at least one ballot box in the nearby Vancouver, Washington area were set on fire. The incidents come amid heightened security concerns as the November 5 election approaches.

    Election officials said the fire in Vancouver resulted in hundreds of burned ballots.

    Shasti Conrad, chairman of the Washington State Democratic Party, said in a statement to USA Today that the incident “represents an attempt to disenfranchise voters” and the state party trusts law enforcement and officials to “find and bring to justice those responsible.” will be held accountable.”

    “We do not know the motive behind these acts,” Amanda McMillan, deputy chief of the Portland Police Bureau, said in a news release. “We know that such actions are targeted and intentional, and we are concerned that this intentional action attempts to influence the electoral process.”

    The City of Vancouver said in a news release that its police responded to a fire incident at a ballot box around 4 a.m. PDT on Monday. The Portland Police Bureau, which responded to reports of a fire at 3:30 a.m. PDT, said in its news release that the suspect vehicle it identified was linked to “two similar incidents” in the Vancouver area.

    According to Portland police, investigators determined that the incendiary device that started the Portland fire was attached to the side of the box. When the officers arrived, security forces from the area had already extinguished the fire.

    According to the city, which is being investigated by the FBI, Vancouver police found a suspicious device next to a burning ballot box.

    Department of Homeland Security response

    In response to news of the ballot box attacks, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement to USA Today that the U.S. “remains in an elevated, dynamic threat environment and we continue to share information with our law enforcement partners about domestic violent threats.” Extremists in connection with the 2024 election.”

    The department flagged the possibility of attacks on ballot boxes in its 2025 Homeland Threat Assessment, released just this month.

    “We expect that (domestic violent extremists) will pose the greatest physical threat to government officials, voters, and election-related personnel and infrastructure, including polling places, ballot drop sites, voter registration sites, campaign events, political party offices, etc., and vote counting sites,” it said the assessment.

    The department has also warned that election officials and offices could be targeted with false bomb threats, swatting, doxxing and sending letters containing white powder “to incite fear and disrupt campaign and election operations.”

    “Some (domestic violent extremists) may also react violently if their preferred candidate loses, or they may seek to exploit possible unrest if there is a perception of electoral fraud,” the assessment said.

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