We are just over one week out from Election Day, and election tampering seems to be ablaze in parts of the United States.
On Monday morning, a drop-off ballot box located in Vancouver, Washington, home to the state’s 3rd Congressional District, went up in flames after an incendiary device attached to it exploded, destroying an unknown number of ballots. This is an important district for Democrats in their quest to retake control of the House of Representatives; incumbent Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is once again facing Republican Joe Kent, whom she beat two years ago by a narrow margin. The Cook Political Report has classified the race as a toss-up.
Local officials have yet to address the political implications of the explosion but are encouraging early voters in the district to make sure their ballot wasn’t one of those destroyed.
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