Washington officials retrieve about 475 damaged ballots from burned drop box

Officials successful southwest Washington authorities person retrieved astir 475 damaged ballots from a ballot container that was damaged successful a fire sparked by incendiary devices – an enactment of arson that section constabulary and nan FBI are investigating.

The damaged ballots, which are abstracted from an chartless number that were destroyed, are being searched done truthful that workers tin interaction nan respective voters astir getting a caller ballot, Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey said. He said officials judge that nan damaged ballots are successful bully capable information to find nan due elector information. 

Incendiary devices destroyed hundreds of ballots astatine 1 ballot container successful Vancouver, Washington, and damaged 3 ballots astatine different container successful Portland, Oregon, on Monday greeting successful what Kimsey called "a nonstop onslaught connected democracy" conscionable days earlier Election Day.

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. 

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

Authorities person said investigators recovered capable worldly from nan incendiary devices to nexus nan 2 fires connected Monday. The fires were besides linked to an Oct. 8 incident, erstwhile an incendiary instrumentality was placed astatine a different ballot driblet container successful Vancouver. No ballots were damaged successful that incident.

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

The Portland Police Bureau released 2 surveillance photos of a achromatic aliases dark-colored Volvo S-60 they judge is connected to nan ballot container fires. 

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)

No arrests had been announced arsenic of Tuesday evening.

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Kimsey told Fox News Digital connected Tuesday that voters who dropped disconnected their ballots successful nan transit halfway container aft 11 a.m. Saturday should interaction his agency for a replacement ballot, and powerfully encouraged voters to cheque nan position of their ballot astatine vote.wa.gov.

Officials are expanding nan wave astatine which nan ballots are retrieved from ballot boxes and constabulary will summation patrols astir ballot driblet container locations, he said. 

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Clark County Elections Office labor will besides observe ballot boxes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until the predetermination is over. The workers will not face anyone, but will alternatively interaction constabulary if they spot thing suspicious.

Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price and The Associated Press contributed to this report.