{"id":120296,"date":"2024-10-31T03:43:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T20:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120296"},"modified":"2024-10-31T03:43:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T20:43:44","slug":"police-say-a-man-suspected-of-setting-fires-in-ballot-drop-boxes-may-be-planning-more-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120296","title":{"rendered":"Police say a man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes may be planning more attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) \u2014 The man suspected of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vote-ballot-drop-box-democracy-fire-f66c52f774955106fb9e7c8172825cff\">setting fires in ballot drop boxes<\/a><\/span> in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced metalworker and may be planning additional attacks, authorities said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe the man who set the incendiary devices at ballot boxes in Portland, Oregon, and nearby Vancouver, Washington, had a \u201cwealth of experience\u201d in metal fabrication and welding, Portland Police Bureau spokesman Mike Benner said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities described the suspect as a white man, age 30 to 40, who is balding or has very short hair.<\/p>\n<p>Police previously said <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ballot-drop-boxes-explainer-2024-portland-vancouver-ff3023c566fcc0282eb8ee84de297bf9\">surveillance video showed<\/a><\/span> the man driving a black or dark-colored 2001 to 2004 Volvo S-60. The vehicle did not have a front license plate, but it did have a rear plate with unknown letters or numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The incendiary devices were marked with the message \u201cFree Gaza,\u201d according to a law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation. <\/p>\n<p>A third device placed at a different drop box in Vancouver earlier this month also carried the words \u201cFree Palestine\u201d in addition to \u201cFree Gaza,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are trying to identify the person responsible and the motive for the suspected arson attacks, which <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vote-ballot-drop-box-democracy-fire-f66c52f774955106fb9e7c8172825cff\">destroyed hundreds of ballots<\/a><\/span> at one location in Vancouver on Monday when the drop box\u2019s fire suppression system didn\u2019t work as intended. Authorities are trying to figure out whether the person who left the devices actually had pro-Palestinian views or used the message to try to create confusion, according to the official.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance images captured a Volvo pulling up to a drop box in Portland just before security personnel nearby discovered a fire inside the box on Monday, according to Benner.<\/p>\n<p>The early-morning fire at the drop box in Portland was extinguished quickly thanks to a suppression system inside the box as well as a nearby security guard, police said. Just three of the ballots inside were damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The ballot box in Vancouver that burned also had a fire suppression system inside, but it failed to prevent hundreds of ballots from being scorched, said Greg Kimsey, the longtime elected auditor in Clark County, Washington, which includes Vancouver. Kimsey said Tuesday that the exact number of destroyed ballots wasn\u2019t known, and that about 475 damaged ballots had been retrieved from the box.<\/p>\n<p>Election staff on Wednesday planned to sort through the damaged ballots for information about who cast them, in the hopes that those voters can be given replacement ballots. Kimsey urged voters who dropped their ballots in the transit center box between 11 a.m. Saturday and early Monday to contact his office for a replacement ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Portland said Monday that enough material from the incendiary devices was recovered to show that the two fires were connected \u2014 and that they were connected to an Oct. 8 incendiary device at a different ballot drop box in Vancouver. No ballots were damaged in that incident.<\/p>\n<p>Voters in Washington are encouraged to check the status of their ballots at <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.votewa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.votewa.gov<\/a><\/span> to track their return status. If a returned ballot is not marked as \u201creceived,\u201d voters can print a replacement ballot or visit their local elections department for a replacement, the secretary of state\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Durkin Richer reported from Washington.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ballot-drop-box-fires-portland-vancouver-60fea753ceb761624e6aba49f0e9dd99\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORTLAND, Ore. 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