Arizona law enforcement officials are conducting an arson investigation after election ballots were damaged when a USPS mail collection box was burned in Maricopa County, a Democratic stronghold.

ABC 15 reported that crews responded to the USPS Osborn Station around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday and found a mail collection box on fire.

“Approximately 20 electoral ballots were damaged, along with additional miscellaneous mail,” Phoenix Fire Department officials revealed, according to ABC 15.

  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Not everything is about the elections just because it’s that season. Arson doesn’t care about the election.

    It wasn’t a ballot drop box that was set on fire, it was a regular old mail drop box.

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      8 minutes ago

      On the flip side, election season is the ONLY time an arsonist can burn people’s votes. Maybe that’s exactly why it happened after all 🤷