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Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington and damage 3 in Oregon (apnews.com)

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Incendiary devices have been set off at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland, Oregon, and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — in what one official called a “direct attack on democracy."

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[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You can do either. They’ve both been doing all mail in voting for twenty something years now with no issues. A USPS postal box was also recently burned with a few ballots in it in Arizona.

The problem is not with the drop sites but with the growing stochastic terrorism in this country.