Recent arson incidents targeting ballot boxes successful Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, whitethorn person caused immoderate residents to interest astir whether their ballot will count, but location are steps locals tin return to cheque up connected their ballot.
There were only 3 ballots damaged successful nan Portland incident, according to a Multnomah County property merchandise issued connected Monday, which noted that nan 3 individuals would beryllium alerted to nan situation.
"Fire suppressant wrong nan ballot container protected virtually each nan ballots. Only 3 ballots suffered damage, and Elections will interaction those 3 voters, via unsocial identifiers connected their ballot envelopes, truthful they tin person replacement ballots. Voters should beryllium assured that moreover if their ballots were successful nan affected box, their votes will beryllium counted," nan merchandise notes.
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The Portland Police Bureau released images of nan suspect's conveyance that is believed to beryllium connected to ballot container fires successful Portland and Vancouver. (Portland Police Bureau)
"Anyone who dropped their ballot into nan ballot container connected SE Belmont betwixt 3:30 p.m. Saturday Oct. 26, and Monday astatine 3 a.m. should scope retired to Elections astatine 503-988-6826 if they person immoderate concerns," nan property merchandise states.
Voters successful nan region tin opt to person alerts astir nan position of their ballot.
"Multnomah County voters are besides encouraged to motion up for our Track Your Ballot work which allows you to person a text, telephone aliases email alerts erstwhile their ballot has been mailed retired and erstwhile it's been received and accepted for counting," nan property merchandise explains, noting that group tin study much astatine multco.us/trackyourballot and motion up astatine http://multnomah.ballottrax.net.
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Voters received an "I Voted" sticker aft casting their ballot astatine nan Orange Public Library successful Orange, Calif. connected Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
The Washington Secretary of State's agency noted that group tin sojourn votewa.gov to way their ballot's return status.
"If a returned ballot is not marked arsenic ‘received,’ voters tin people a replacement ballot aliases sojourn their section elections section for a replacement," nan property merchandise noted.
A Clark County property merchandise stated that immoderate ballots had been destroyed and others had been damaged.
"Ballots deposited successful that container aft 11 americium connected Saturday, Oct. 26, whitethorn person been damaged aliases destroyed," nan property merchandise noted. "Elections officials person gathered nan ballots from nan container and processed those that were still capable to spell done nan sorting machine. Some ballots were either destroyed aliases excessively damaged to beryllium processed.
"Voters tin cheque online to spot if their ballot was received by going to votewa.gov. If a elector does not spot their ballot arsenic being received by Oct. 28, they tin get a caller ballot by visiting nan Elections Office astatine 1408 Franklin St. successful downtown Vancouver aliases contacting Elections astatine 564.397.2345 aliases elections@clark.wa.gov."
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Harris (R) shakes hands pinch Trump during a statesmanlike statement astatine nan National Constitution Center successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected Sept. 10, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Vancouver Police Department interim main Troy Price said during a Monday property convention that nan incident that time came aft a akin incident connected Oct. 8.
Authorities judge nan Portland incident is connected to nan 2 successful Vancouver, Mike Benner of nan Portland Police Bureau noted during nan property conference.
Alex Nitzberg is simply a writer for Fox News Digital.