Christina White, the county’s supervisor of elections, said the containers have been sealed and the ballots have already been scanned and tabulated. The Miami-Dade Department of Elections has released a statement saying the incident was due to “human error” and that none of the ballots had been tampered with.

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“The worker forgot to lock the back of the truck and as they were leaving, a sealed bin and a sealed bag fell out,” county Supervisor of Elections Christina White said Tuesday morning.

The incident happened between 21:30 and 22:00. The county worker driving the truck did not stop immediately after the ballots were dropped. Another driver passing by recovered the containers, according to a video from Only in Dade.

Last night, an individual came across a box full of ballots and other documents at Exit 11 of the Turnpike at the intersection of 211th St. from Cutler Bay. He immediately picked them up and took them to the police station, where they were properly secured. No information yet… pic.twitter.com/HQP6glsm9b

— ONLY in DADE (@ONLYinDADE) October 29, 2024

As seen in the video, the bystander took the ballots to a police office, where they were processed.

“Upon arrival at the police department, election staff verified that all seals were intact and nothing had been tampered with or damaged,” White said. Miami Herald. “Fortunately, this was spotted in real time by law-abiding citizens who did the right thing and turned the bin and bag into the police department,” White said.

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Following the incident, the employee driving the truck was fired.

This follows Monday’s news that hundreds of ballots were destroyed in two possibly related incidents in Washington and Oregon, where a suspect set fire to two ballot boxes.