PieFedPolice say the man behind ballot box fires has metalworking experience and might plan more attacks
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The man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced metalworker and may be planning additional attacks, authorities said Wednesday.
Investigators believe the man who set the incendiary devices at ballot boxes in Portland, Oregon, and nearby Vancouver, Washington, had a “wealth of experience” in metal fabrication and welding, said Portland Police Bureau spokesperson Mike Benner.
The way the devices were constructed and the way they were attached to the metal drop boxes showed that expertise, Benner said.
Authorities described the suspect as a white man, age 30 to 40, who is balding or has very short hair.
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Wtf isn't he jailed?
Probably just whipped up some thermite.
Not something you typically do on a whim. The process isn't exactly without risk.
50/50 Aluminum powder and rust that's stable enough to resist igniting under a blow torch. What's dangerous about making it?
Attaching it to some kind of ignition, most commonly.
But even past that, you typically want a very fine concentrate and even distribution of aluminium and rust. Grinding that shit up and mixing it is nasty for your lungs, without quality equipment on hand.
You can buy premixed thermite online. Granted, you'll show up suspicious when they start looking up sellers and their buyers.
Oh sure. You can buy tannerite explosives as part of a gender reveal kit, ffs. But, like with any kind of fireworks or similar explosive materials, there are risks to improper transportation and use.
You can buy firecrackers from stales on the side of the road in some states. But people injure themselves with firecrackers all the time.
I mean a cheap rock tumbler with steel balls for the grinding and standard magnesium sparklers for ignition does would do the trick, I imagine
The problem is that you’ll typically need something like a magnesium strip to set it off. Shit needs to meet with something burning like the surface of the sun before it kicks into chaos mode.
Detonators are difficult to build and transport. In a high risk activity, like domestic terrorism, the offender has a bias towards getting the thing to work and away from personal safety. This compounds the risk of accidents.
And that's before you get into the process of milling the combustion material. Which, again, not great for your long term health if you're just trying to hack it in your garage or kitchen.
It's one of the easiest high-energy reactions to prepare, contains only very stable powdered iron and aluminum (though you can add other things as buffers to slow the reaction, such as boron or carbon) and it can only be kicked off by VERY intense heat, like from burning magnesium or the burning titanium powder in a sparkler. Thermite can be shipped through the mail with no special considerations. Were you thinking of something else?
Thought about trying it for kicks, but making the AL powder sounds painful without proper gear.
He shouldn't be too hard to find
And how do the burned ballots get resolved?
That’s the point. It’s why the election is being attacked exactly the way it is. You can’t un-burn a ballot, you can’t un-certify an election. No matter how egregious and illegal the action, if it gets them across the finish line, it sticks.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/ballot-box-fires-washington-oregon-what-to-do/283-359e4a3d-6eae-4f4c-8e84-012a11f47ef7
Southwest Washington
The first thing for voters to do is check their ballot status online at votewa.gov.
If a returned ballot is not marked as "received," voters can print a replacement ballot or visit the elections department, located at 1408 Franklin Street in downtown Vancouver, for a replacement ballot, the secretary of state's office said.
Voters can also contact the elections division at 564-397-2345 or elections@clark.wa.gov.
Multnomah County
The damage in the Portland box was limited to just three ballots. Any voters who dropped their ballot off at the Multnomah County box on Southeast Morrison Street between 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 and at 3 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 28 can call 503-988-6826.
The names of the voters on the three damaged ballot envelopes were still legible, according to a county elections official, and the elections office will reach out to those three voters to get them replacement ballots. All other ballots in the box will be processed normally.
Voters in Multnomah County can sign up for the county's Track Your Ballot service at multco.us/trackyourballot. Voters across Oregon can check their ballot status at My Vote Oregon.
That’s cool. I mean it’s all on paper anyway so I assumed they had some kind of contingency in place for the mail thing, with a system in already in place to only count 1 per, so this all makes sense. And sounds incredibly accessible and easy, in spite of the arson.
I entirely agree, but truly don't see how this helps.
It's false flag. Could have just as easily said "BLM" or "Pro Choice." They're just trying to point the finger at the left.
Gotta be. Fires were set in "safe blue" counties.