As many as 100 ballots were damaged on Sunday night when a ballot box in Baldwin Park, California, went up in flames.
Firefighters were called to the scene at around 8 p.m. The charred ballots inside the metal box were transferred to the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder’s office, and they are trying to determine if any can be saved. Los Angeles County Fire Department spokeswoman Leslie Lua told the Los Angeles Times arson is being investigated as a possible cause, and if that’s the case, it will be the first time a ballot box in the county has ever intentionally been set on fire. Continue reading “Officials investigating suspicious ballot box fire in Los Angeles County”