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Police looking for Volvo linked to ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington (www.oregonlive.com)

submitted 10 months ago by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/seattle@lemmy.world

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[–] QubaXR@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Fucking conservatives will do anything to get Trump elected.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 48 points 10 months ago

Yes. Take that seriously.

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (6 children)

This doesn't make sense though. They could destroy thousands of ballots and it's not like either of those states are going to go to Trump.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes sabotaging elections via fire bomb in ballot box is not a rational action.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I read elsewhere that one of the locations is in a district with a competitive House race.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

But it could win them more local elections, and then we get fuckery like what’s happening in Florida and Texas all up in our business.

Local elections matter too, and often more, than national ones.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Chaos makes a coup easier.

[–] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Both states in these areas have toss-up Congressional races. They could decide control of the House.

[–] sandwichsaregood@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's probably some asshole LARPing as a freedom fighter thinking they are "sending a message" more than actually trying to directly sabotage vote tallies.