The ballot drop boxes in Washington and Oregon both have fire suppression systems that are designed to activate when the temperature inside reaches a certain point, coating ballots inside with a fire-suppressing powder.
For unknown reasons, the system failed to prevent the destruction of hundreds of ballots in Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from Portland.
This is the Republican plan to steal the election. When does the civil war start? I give it 6 weeks before the first casualties pile in.
Let’s not normalize it.
Yes you’re right, we should try toning down our rhetoric
Assuming they catch the shitbags, I see no need for further violence.
If it is a plan, it’s pretty dumb. Of all places this act could sway the results, Oregon and Washington are pretty low on the list.
I doubt anything happens.
We might not hear about it, but there will definitely be consequences for these people when they’re caught.
I was replying to the comment about the civil war starting.
I hate that the Orwellian thought of ballot boxes requiring armed guards just entered my brain, because it just did. It goes against everything democracy is supposed to be, but this is where American fascism has led my thoughts to rot
With a sufficiently not-fucking-around response to the terrorists who did it, betcha won’t need guards.
But America is gonna wrist slap nazis and say please.
You can’t prosecute the meth out of a redneck, America has tried for decades.
There are people who have the basic mammalian capability for aversion association, and people who don’t, these morons are no more capable of learning than ants.
Don’t bother trying to set an example, just use enforced attrition.
I’m sorry but what exactly do you mean by “enforced attrition”.
I think they’re referring to using punishment less as a deterrent to potential future offenders and more as a way of getting the people who prove themselves incapable of living in a civil society off of the streets. I don’t mean to speak for anyone, that was just my takeaway.
Which is suspiciously close to concentration camps.
You got to Godwin’s Law territory in record time, there. I’m talking about throwing the book at literal fucking terrorists.
See that’s setting an example, which Inverse Parallax specifically said they were done with. Do you see my problem here?
Also concentration camps are not Godwin’s law territory, plenty of other countries have used them, including the US.
It’s not really orwellian.
It’s Oregon, the number of methed up rednecks without shit to do is unimaginable.
Orwellian would be if it were planned, this is just old-fashioned redneck stupidity.
I know, I just hate that this is my headspace regarding what are supposed to be free and democratic elections. It’s an existential kind of dread, and it fucking sucks
Lol, free and fair elections.
Should try voting in the south while brown.
This is the America I knew growing up, it’s weird to see everyone else shocked by it.
Then again, I also feel like the filth leaked out and is trying to follow me :(
Yeah man, let’s just agree this sucks for anyone with any degree of empathy.
I’m white, grew up in Florida and got to witness Bush v Gore firsthand as a teen, the psychic damage messed me up so bad, enough to the point where I started to pay attention and be more politically active.
I’m casting a vote against fascism and racism - We’re in this together
Just an FYI, all of these Ballot/Mail Box fires will be pointed to when trump attempts his second coup when he loses. I cant believe I’m casually talking about a future coup attempt in my country…
This will give a fake appearance of legitimacy to his claims. I’m worried…
And actually burns up Harris votes in the process, making it even easier for him.
Fuckety fuck fuck.
While this is a shit move by whoever is doing this, it makes virtually no difference for the presidential election. WA electoral votes are winner-takes-all, and always go Dem. A few burned boxes won’t come close in making a difference for president, Biden won by almost a million votes in the last one. It will probably have a decent effect on local elections though.
You’re right, its a drop in the bucket for votes, but its a bullshit reason to cry “corruption” which we will certainly feel.
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A lot of my Slavic people live there and they’re voting red. Unless it’s closer to the freeway I guess it’d be bluer there. But still. I wouldn’t think that these are filled to the brim with Harris votes
Oh well. Any votes destroyed is bad.
This is terrorism.
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Waiting for the car’s MAGA owner to be arrested and prosecuted. Probably expecting an eventual pardon from Bonespurs. Good luck wit dat.
MAGA Terrorist
That wrote “free gaza” on the incendiary devices and drives a Volvo? I mean… maybe, I guess.
Where did you see that info? The article is horrible, but I am pretty sure it never said that.
Try learning about an event by reading more than just one source. See if you can do it all by yourself without someone feeding it to you. I’m rooting for you. Just think, you could have already learned this yourself using Google and it would have taken less time and words than you spent asking for it in your comment.
You don’t have to be a dick about it. We’re all here to converse with each other, not google. Maybe they wanted to engage with another human being instead of a search engine. But instead they got you. Come on, chill out and treat others how you want to be treated. You can do it, I believe in you.
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I hope that vehicle ends up in a trash compactor with the occupant inside
I hope they catch the guy alive and we prosecute the asshole and make a public example of this guy who is most likely Republican.
I would bet up to $1k that this guy is Republican, but I don’t actually care what party they belong to. Make an example of them.
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Ah yes wiping out hundreds of democrat (and some non Democrat) votes in two of the bluest cities in the north west will surely have an impact on the election.
One article I read said that the representative race was much closer. It might not affect the president, but could affect other positions.
This was my first thought. Not only are they evil, they’re also stupid!
Vancouver?? I told yall that foreigners were voting in our elections!!!
/s very much needed, as some moron on Facebook is 100% sincerely saying the same thing right now.
Gee. I wonder if it’s a right winger. As per normal, it’s totally unlikely…
This seems like an election fraud crime done by a poor person, so there will likely be consequences.
Failed state shit.
Watch, this dude is going to be an off duty cop and the PPB will come out to accuse the red ballot boxes of not “backing da blue”
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I don’t know why a Democrat city that is in a major deficit hires such inept construction companies thst have Trump plastered all over their construction equipment.
Well, for starters viewpoint discrimination by a state actor is really fucking illegal..
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“There” is multiple locations.
