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Yesterday I wrote about ballot boxes that were set on fire in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. As suspected, police have since confirmed those attacks were related. The released an image of the suspect’s car.
BREAKING: Police reveal photos of suspect car in Portland, Vancouver ballot box fires https://t.co/G21AJ6gQay pic.twitter.com/Y4P15UE5gR— FOX 12 Oregon (@fox12oregon) October 28, 2024
We’ve also learned that there have been three similar attacks, not just two.
The incidents are believed to be related to a third incident earlier this month in Vancouver.
The incidents come as a US Department of Homeland Security bulletin from September obtained by the watchdog group Property of the People warned, “Some social media users are discussing and encouraging various methods of sabotaging ballot drop boxes and avoiding detection, likely heightening the potential for targeting of this election infrastructure through the 2024 election cycle.
“Election infrastructure remains an attractive target for some domestic violent extremists and other threat actors with election-related grievances who seek to disrupt the democratic process and election operations,” the bulletin warned.
Domestic violent extremists doesn’t really narrow things down very much. The big question that remain unanswered is who did this and with what motivation. Today the NY Times repots on an update which may resolve that question.
Investigators responding to arson fires at two ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest this week found devices at both scenes marked with the words “Free Gaza,” according to two law enforcement officials.
