FBI investigates arson attacks on ballot boxes in Washington and Portland

The FBI says it is investigating three separate but related arson attacks on ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest. One of the attacks destroyed hundreds of ballots in Washington state’s Clark County, a district where a closely watched congressional race is taking place. Other attacks damaged ballot boxes in Portland, Oregon and nearby Vancouver, Washington. Police in Portland have identified a “suspicious vehicle” in the case. Oregon’s secretary of state condemned the arson as “an attack on our democracy.”