The ballot drop boxes in Washington and Oregon both have fire suppression systems that are designed to activate when the temperature inside reaches a certain point, coating ballots inside with a fire-suppressing powder.

For unknown reasons, the system failed to prevent the destruction of hundreds of ballots in Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from Portland.

  • _bcron_@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Should not have divulged that, now they’re gonna go in with Rit dye and bleach and shit