Investigators say the man suspected of burning ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced metalworker and may be planning additional attacks.

Federal authorities are investigating fires at two ballot boxes reported Monday morning in the Portland, Oregon, area that destroyed hundreds of ballots at one location, as well as another fire reported earlier this month.

Police have released a description of the suspect in two ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington as election officials are rushing to send replacement ballots to the voters who were affected.

Police have identified a suspect vehicle, a possible Volvo that was captured on surveillance footage near the ballot box in Portland.

Two ballot box fires in Washington and Oregon early Monday morning destroyed hundreds of ballots, just eight days before the Nov. 5 general election.

Incendiary devices found at two ballot box fires in the Pacific Northwest this week were marked with the message “Free Gaza,” two law enforcement officials said. Investigators are still trying to dete

Two ballot drop box fires in the Pacific Northwest this week have stoked concerns about election security and the risk of violence in the 2024 election days before voting concludes. Arson burned hundreds of ballots in what one official called “a direct attack on democracy” in Vancouver,