California ballot drop box set ablaze in possible arson, damaging up to 100 ballots

A ballot drop box in a majority-Latino town in California was set on fire Sunday night, which may have destroyed up to 100 ballots two weeks before the Nov. 3 election.

Los Angeles County officials are investigating the fire, which took place in Baldwin Park — a suburb nearly 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles with a nearly three-quarters Latino populationn. “The arson of an official ballot drop box by the Baldwin Park Library in the First District has all the signs of an attempt to disenfranchise voters and call into question the security of our elections,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis in a statement.The County Registar’s Office has asked both the FBI and the Attorney General to investigate the fire.

It remains unclear how many ballots were affected by the fire due to burns or water damage, but Baldwin Park Mayor Manuel Lozano toldshows firefighters sawing through. Once the drop box was unsealed, with smoke coming out, firefighters removed dozens of ballots.The last pickup for that particular box, per a statement from the County Registar’s Office, was Saturday morning. The agency did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.

The box has since been blocked off to prevent more people from submitting ballots. The county also said it will increase pickups at all other drop boxes.

AU will have to send election observers to the USA to monitor the conduct of the country's November 3rd elections. Also, they should not hesitate to threaten any erring official with a visa ban. Lol!

NigeriaGov , MBuhari EU_Commission should not allow democracy to be in danger in USA. Cc USinNigeria

If I had wanted to throw my vote away I would have voted for the Libertarian candidate 😠

We never had this problem until trump came along

I GUARANTEE YOU , that this is a ANOTHER CORRUPT GOP TACTIC!! America the GOP does NOT want US to VOTE!! But too bad CORRUPT GOP WE ARE ALL AMERICAN PATRIOTS AND NOTHING WILL STOP US From Voting the most evil vile racist corrupt fraud criminal so-called president OUT OF OUR WH!!

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