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    The Portland, Ore., police office has released two photos of a suspect’s car at large after the yes polls this year’s elections were set on fire in Oregon and Washington state on Monday.

    One ballot box in Southeast Portland and at least one ballot box in the nearby Vancouver, Washington area were set on fire, police said. Incidents come in the middle increased safety and security concerns as the Nov. 5 election nears.

    Election officials said the Vancouver fire resulted in hundreds of ballots being burned.

    Shasti Conrad, chairman of the Washington State Democratic Party, said in a statement to USA Today that the incident was “an attempt to disenfranchise” voters and that the state party has confidence in law enforcement and officials “will find those responsible and hold them accountable”.

    “We don’t know the motive behind these acts,” Portland Police Chief Amanda McMillan said in a statement. press release. “We know that such acts are targeted and they are intentional, and we are concerned that that intentional act is trying to affect the election process.”

    The City of Vancouver said in a press release that its police responded to a fire at the ballot box at approximately 4 a.m. PDT Monday. The Portland Police Bureau, which responded to reports of a fire at 3:30 a.m. PDT, said in its press release that the suspicious vehicle it identified was linked to “two similar incidents” in the Vancouver area.

    Detectives determined the incendiary device that ignited the Portland fire was attached to the side of the box, according to Portland police. Security personnel in the area had already extinguished the fire by the time officers arrived.

    Vancouver police found a suspicious device near a burning ballot box, according to the city, which said the FBI is investigating.

    Department of Homeland Security response

    In response to news of the ballot box attacks, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement to USA Today that the US “remains in an intense and dynamic threat environment, and we continue to share information with our partners law enforcement on the threats posed by domestic violent extremists in the context of the 2024 election.”

    The department emphasized the possibility of attacks on ballot boxes within it 2025 Homeland Threat Assessment launched this very month.

    “We expect (domestic violent extremists) to pose the most significant physical threat to government officials, voters, and election-related personnel and infrastructure, including polling places, ballot box locations, voter registration sites, campaign events, political party offices and vote counting sites,” the assessment states.

    The department also warned that election officials and offices could be targeted with fake bomb threats, shocks, doxxing and white powder mail “to instill fear and disrupt election campaigning and operations.”

    “Some (domestic violent extremists) may react violently if their preferred candidate loses or try to exploit possible civil unrest if there are perceptions of electoral fraud,” according to the assessment.

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