Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington and damage 3 in Oregon
apnews.com
Incendiary devices have been set off at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland, Oregon, and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — in what one official called a “direct attack on democracy."

The ballot drop boxes in Washington and Oregon both have fire suppression systems that are designed to activate when the temperature inside reaches a certain point, coating ballots inside with a fire-suppressing powder.

For unknown reasons, the system failed to prevent the destruction of hundreds of ballots in Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from Portland.

  • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
    21·
    14 hours ago

    You got to Godwin’s Law territory in record time, there. I’m talking about throwing the book at literal fucking terrorists.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      2·
      14 hours ago

      See that’s setting an example, which Inverse Parallax specifically said they were done with. Do you see my problem here?

      Also concentration camps are not Godwin’s law territory, plenty of other countries have used them, including the US.