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.

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    2 days ago

    And actually burns up Harris votes in the process, making it even easier for him.

    Fuckety fuck fuck.

    • SimpleMachine@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 days ago

      While this is a shit move by whoever is doing this, it makes virtually no difference for the presidential election. WA electoral votes are winner-takes-all, and always go Dem. A few burned boxes won’t come close in making a difference for president, Biden won by almost a million votes in the last one. It will probably have a decent effect on local elections though.

    • Aermis@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      2 days ago

      A lot of my Slavic people live there and they’re voting red. Unless it’s closer to the freeway I guess it’d be bluer there. But still. I wouldn’t think that these are filled to the brim with Harris votes