Police say they think man suspected of setting fires at ballot boxes in the Portland, Oregon, area intends to strike again | CNN
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Investigators in Oregon searching for the person responsible for three fires at ballot drop boxes in the past few weeks – which damaged hundreds of ballots – believe “it is very possible the suspect intends to continue the attacks,” a police spokesperson said Wednesday.

Investigators in Oregon searching for the person responsible for three fires at ballot drop boxes in the past few weeks – which damaged hundreds of ballots – believe “it is very possible the suspect intends to continue the attacks,” a police spokesperson said Wednesday.

Portland Police Bureau spokesperson Mike Benner described the suspect as a White man between 30 and 40 years old, who is balding or has very short hair. The man has a medium to thin build, he said.

Fires were set at three ballot boxes in the area in the past three weeks. Officials have identified 488 damaged ballots that were retrieved from a burned ballot box in Vancouver, Washington, and 345 of those voters already requested new ballots, according to election officials. Elections staff will mail another 143 replacement ballots to voters Thursday, officials said on X.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    25 days ago

    They probably do, though. One of ‘em called their cousin Vern and told him to knock it off-making ‘em look bad, an’all

    • Tolookah
      1·
      25 days ago

      Cousin? Feels like they were describing the guy as balding and one of their guys in the back said:“it’s just short” trying to defend themselves. (This is how that line felt, and I thought it something from an 80s cop comedy)