Fires at Oregon and Washington ballot boxes connected, police ID 'suspect vehicle': 'Attack on democracy'

Authorities successful Oregon and Washington authorities person identified a "suspect vehicle" they opportunity is connected to incendiary devices that caused fires astatine ballot boxes successful some states.

The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) released 2 surveillance photos of a achromatic aliases dark-colored Volvo S-60 they judge is connected to nan ballot container fires. The conveyance does not person a beforehand licence plate, but it does person an chartless rear plate, constabulary added. 

Three ballots were destroyed successful a occurrence astatine a ballot container successful Portland, Oregon, connected Monday morning. A fewer hours later, hundreds of ballots were destroyed successful a occurrence astatine a driblet container successful adjacent Vancouver, Washington. 

Both ballot boxes were equipped pinch occurrence suppression systems, but nan strategy wrong nan ballot container successful Vancouver failed, causing much ballots to beryllium destroyed.

'INCENDIARY DEVICE' SPARKS FIRE AT PORTLAND, OREGON BALLOT BOX

The Portland Police Bureau released images of nan fishy conveyance that is believed to beryllium connected to ballot container fires successful Portland and Vancouver. (Portland Police Bureau)

Police said nan incendiary devices were placed connected nan extracurricular of nan boxes. 

During a property convention connected Monday, authorities said they were able to retrieve capable worldly from nan devices to show that nan 2 fires were connected. They besides said nan incidents were connected to an Oct. 8 incident successful which an incendiary instrumentality was placed astatine a different ballot container successful Vancouver.

"We don’t cognize nan motive down these acts," PPB Assistant Chief Amanda McMillan said. "We do cognize acts for illustration this are targeted, and they're intentional, and we’re concerned astir that intentional enactment trying to effect nan predetermination process. We’re dedicated to stopping this benignant of behavior."

ARIZONA ELECTION BALLOTS DAMAGED AFTER USPS MAILBOX LIT ON FIRE, SUSPECT ARRESTED

A ballot container is seen damaged successful Portland, Ore., connected Monday, Oct. 28 pursuing a fire, constabulary say. (Portland Police Bureau)

Greg Kimsey, nan longtime elected auditor successful Clark County, Washington, which includes Vancouver, urged voters who dropped their ballots successful nan transit halfway container aft 11 a.m. Saturday to interaction his agency for a replacement ballot.

"Heartbreaking," Kimsey said. "It’s a nonstop onslaught connected democracy."

Kimsey said constabulary will summation patrols astir ballot driblet container locations and Clark County Elections Office labor will observe ballot boxes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until nan predetermination is over.

He said labor will not face anyone, but will alternatively interaction constabulary if they spot thing suspicious.

Vancouver is nan biggest metropolis successful Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, nan tract of what is expected to beryllium 1 of nan closest U.S. House races successful nan country, betwixt first-term Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican challenger Joe Kent.

Police released photos of a suspected conveyance allegedly progressive successful ballot container fires successful Vancouver and Portland. (KPTV)

The Portland FBI besides released a connection regarding nan arson and said they are actively investigating some situations.

"The FBI is coordinating pinch federal, authorities and section partners to actively analyse nan 2 incidents successful Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, successful nan early greeting hours of Monday, October 28th to find who is responsible," nan connection read. 

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The FBI is encouraging anyone pinch accusation to interaction nan nearest FBI office, supply accusation done tips.fbi.gov aliases telephone 1-800-225-5324.

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These latest incidents travel conscionable days aft astir 20 mail-in ballots were damaged erstwhile a U.S. Postal Service mailbox was lit connected occurrence successful Phoenix.

The fishy successful nan Arizona arson case, Dieter Klofkorn, 35, has since been arrested connected 1 felony count of Arson to Property. 

Fox News Digital's Greg Norman and The Associated Press contributed to this report.