Ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington leave hundreds of votes destroyed

The following articles report on two separate incidents of fire damaging ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest. In the first incident, which occurred in Portland, Oregon, surveillance images captured a Volvo stopping at a drop box. The fire damaged three ballots inside the box, officials say. In Vancouver, Washington, a fire at a ballot drop box damaged three ballots, but a suppression system inside the box protected the majority of the ballots.