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
    22·
    1 day 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
      21·
      1 day 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.

      • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
        11·
        13 hours ago

        You know what image that kind of language invokes. It’s also not germane to the issue either way, because I’m not talking about politically persecuting people, I’m talking about judicial expediency dealing with people who are committing actual crimes and using their political views as justification for it.