Los Angeles officials warn against election interference after ballots burned, voter center vandalized
Officials are reviewing both incidents and contacting voters whose ballots may have been affected, while saying voting operations continued without disruption.
- Los Angeles County election officials are investigating two separate incidents of possible election interference discovered Sunday, including burned ballots in an official drop box and vandalism at a vote center.
- Staff with the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerks office discovered a small number of burned ballots inside an official drop box at the Department of Public Social Services-Civic Center in downtown Los Angeles Sunday morning.
- Separately, vandalism was reported at the vote center located at Cesar E. Chavez Park in Long Beach Sunday morning, though voting operations continued without disruption.
- Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan said the office is contacting affected voters with replacement ballot options and warned any attempt to disrupt voting will be prosecuted.
- The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the incidents, and while officials have not identified suspects or disclosed the cause of the fire damage, investigations remain ongoing.
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Election interference scandal is uncovered in two major California...
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Burned Ballots And Vandalized Vote Center Investigated In Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, California) – Los Angeles County election officials are investigating two incidents ahead of Tuesday’s primary: a ballot drop box with fire-damaged mail ballots and a vandalized vote center in Long Beach. Officials said a limited number of Vote by Mail ballots appeared to have sustained fire-related damage inside a downtown Los Angeles drop box. The county said voting operations were not disrupted, but the timing is serious because…
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