Federal officials have been warning that in recent months, some social media users have been encouraging sabotage of ballot drop boxes. "It's a direct attack on democracy," said one local official.
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I was surprised to see the boxes had fire suppression! They had picked up the WA ballots that morning and with how many boxes are in Vancouver it is already almost round the clock to get them all daily.
This is more of an oligarchy, a plutocracy or the like. I am already done with voting. I mailed mine in to avoid any kind of hassle like this. I also didn't vote for a single R or D anywhere on my ballot. I hope many others join me. 👍
In Brazil we vote on Sundays and know the results in about 2 to 5 hours, even in national elections. We have our share of problems but nothing as bad as this.
Maybe the US should leanr something from the global south...
It's all eletronic. We vote in a machine that has no connection besides the electricity and, most important, we have a national organization, TSE, and the states one, TRE, that organizes it all. It's not perfect but we watch the us election and we're always confused by the mess it is.
Electronic voting is most susceptible to interference. Paper ballots with voter ID are the only way. Mail in ballots can be intercepted as well, and anyone can forge a signature
It is because the TSE and TREs are responsible for the elections, the legislation is federal and unified throughout the country.
As I said, there're problems, we had a candidate saying absurdities this year and TRE did nothing so far.
Sorry, i was at a lecture. TSE is under our Supreme court but is the election Supreme court and TRE is the state court that represents them locally. They regulate elections and were responsible for the development of the eletronic ballot (not sure that's the translation).
Would this not be a very serious criminal charge? Like, we're talking arson, willful destruction of government property, election interference, possible reckless endangerment, and you could probably make a case for mail tampering as well
It's MAGA.
Trump followers are doing this.
They are about to throw our democracy into a major crisis and our media is playing patty cake with the truth.
I am so disgusted by NPR for their weak tea coverage this year.
Disgraceful.
We elected her as vice president.
She won that election. The biggest race in all of politics.
She's next in line and the natural replacement when the president steps down.
Biden picked her based on her gender and skin color - not by merit. Democrat party was robbed of a primary this time around too. Billionaires support her more than Trump as well.
Went around offering people help finding their polling place/registration status in a very blue area. One person got really really angry at my efforts to make things more convenient for everyone. Try to guess their party.
Who is Republican Marxist Governor Ron DeSantis Kidding? Gay People in USA have been forced by Republicans to Pay Taxes for Christian and Catholic College Courses in State Universities and State Colleges, while Our Gay American Soldiers Arrive Home from Wars with No Gender Studies Courses Available.
Well, you have a right to track your ballot online. https://ballottrax.net/voter/
if yours doesn’t get received, you can just ask for a new one. They know when they sent it to you so that sabotage won’t work. I see that mine has been received from the dropbox I sent it to my vote counts and so does yours.
Nazi Trump & his treasonous MAGAs will do anything to interfere in a fair election. Throwing firebombs in Blue State's (Oregon & Washington) ballot boxes are Trump's plans to cry foul if he loses. Do we need security because of Trump?
“Ballot drop boxes have been a subject of conspiracist narratives and false claims about their security since the 2020 election cycle” Which candidate has spread these conspiracist narratives & lies, NPR? Which party created these lies to rile up people to commit these acts? NPR waffling again.
Gee, I wonder if anyone who happened to have dropped their ballot off at the impacted locations will also hear that this happened 🙄. I’d assume they will still get to vote in person…or by absentee ballot still. I hope the felon enjoys prison and never voting again.
I don't know if it could be done, but those doing this should be stripped of their citizenship. Then, give them a few weeks of Russian language classes, hand them a phrase book, and put them on the first flight to Moscow.
The article makes it seem like it’s some no names on social media who are pushing this when everyone on the right from Trump down are encouraging this violence.
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"…some social media users" to "…right wing online agitators"
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Haven’t entered a ballot box since 2016b
Maybe the US should leanr something from the global south...
Maybe you should consider how little you know of what you're talking about?
I, however, am curious to know if this is true even in the poorer areas of Brazil.
As I said, there're problems, we had a candidate saying absurdities this year and TRE did nothing so far.
And the choices….🤮
Trump followers are doing this.
They are about to throw our democracy into a major crisis and our media is playing patty cake with the truth.
I am so disgusted by NPR for their weak tea coverage this year.
Disgraceful.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/10/25/kamala-harris-has-more-billionaires-prominently-backing-her-than-trump-buffett-gates-weigh-in-updated/
She won that election. The biggest race in all of politics.
She's next in line and the natural replacement when the president steps down.
#whataboutism
You are responding to a post about ballot box tampering with complaints about how the democratic party chose it's candidate.
Why she is the candidate doesn't change the fact that Trump supporters are setting ballot boxes on fire.
Got any other disgusting thoughts in your head you'd like to share with us?
You did the joke!!!!!
We don't have anything to talk about.
Fuck off.
I totally get you now.
https://maps.rynerohla.com/election-maps/washington-state-maps/
setting a ballot box on fire could get up to 35 years in federal prison, by my reckoning, though. so, might be a while.
if yours doesn’t get received, you can just ask for a new one. They know when they sent it to you so that sabotage won’t work. I see that mine has been received from the dropbox I sent it to my vote counts and so does yours.
Now fervently hoping you can avoid a visit to DonOld's nearest gulag.
https://voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/login.aspx?so=1
ARREST THEM
Why not same here?