Phoenix Fire Department and police officials are investigating after a United States Postal Service mailbox was believed to have been set on fire overnight, damaging a number of mailed-in ballots.
Crews were called to the USPS Osborn Station, near 7th Avenue and Indian School Road, around 1:30 a.m. where a drove-up mail collection box was on fire. Crews were able to quickly extinguish the blaze, but investigators were later seen going through pieces of mail that had been burned in the fire.'Approximately 20 electoral ballots were damaged, along with additional miscellaneous mail,' Phoenix Fire Department officials said.
“We are waiting for details from law enforcement,' Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer said. 'We encourage all voters who used that mail box in the last 36 hours to check the status of their ballots at https://BeBallotReady.Vote. Successful delivery is usually reflected on that website within 72 hours. Voters should be aware that tomorrow, October 25 is the last day to request a replacement ballot.
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