ballot boxes

The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the capture and conviction of the person responsible for setting fire to two ballot boxes.

The FBI is offering up to $25,000 as a reward for information about the suspect behind recent ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington state.

Authorities believe the man who set fire to ballot boxes in Portland and nearby Vancouver, Washington, had a “wealth of experience” in metal fabrication and welding.

Hundreds of ballots were destroyed in one of the early morning incidents. Investigators say the two acts are likely connected with an attempt to set another ballot box on fire earlier this month.

While many jurisdictions elsewhere in the country have provided some interpretive services or materials in the two languages, King County could be the first to provide an actual votable ballot in Somali or Russian.

Voters in the Tri-Cities area have noticed vehicles sitting in parking lots near ballot drop boxes.

The FBI is in possession of a sheriff’s investigation into an alleged voter suppression effort in King County, Wash. Conservative activists who don’t trust Washington’s vote-by-mail system were behind the effort during the run-up to the August primary.

Republican activists in Washington state are organizing surveillance of election ballot drop boxes, raising concerns about possible voter intimidation. While it's legal for people to observe ballot boxes, King County Elections has notified the county prosecutor’s office “to check on the legality” of the effort.

Donna Stath wears a blue mesh vest with the word “ELECTIONS” on it, as she stands next to a Pierce County ballot drop box. She’s helping voters as they…

No matter how frustrated you might be with any given election, don’t batter the ballot drop boxes in Washington state. Lawmakers in both chambers of the...