Question

Ballot boxes were set ablaze in Oregon and Washington. Should voters be concerned?

Comments

What happens to those votes that were in the drop box? I feel like this can affect a lot of the votes because how much those can hold.

Answer 1

This article claims that Ballot boxes were set on fire in Oregon and Washington. The article comes from the Tampa Bay Times, which is a 14 time pulitzer prize winner and has been around since 1884. According to Ad Fontes Media, the Tampa Bay Times ranks with a reliability score of 45.56 out of 64 (generally good) and a very slight leftward bias (https://adfontesmedia.com/tampa-bay-times-bias-and-reliability/). Jill Terreri Ramos was the author of this article and she has been writing for the New York Times since 2003, covering politics and government news. PBS, ABC and CNN all reported a similar story of ballot boxes being set on fire. It is very likely the claim is true.

Comments

Great outside research done on the actual validity of the source itself. Ad Fontes is the leading academic resource for source bias, and PBS, ABC, CNN, and the NYT all score highly within Ad Fontes [in addition to Tampa Bay Times itself]. It might also be helpful in the future to use unbiased sources from the actual state itself, as they are most able to get access to primary sources of information.

Answer 2

Claim: Ballot boxes were set ablaze in Oregon and Washington. Should voters be concerned?

OG source: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/11/03/ballot-boxes-were-set-ablaze-oregon-washington-should-voters-be-concerned/

Similar articles: https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/28/ballot-box-burned-portland-vancouver/

Source legitimacy: In the article, a report from CBS claims "These are very, very isolated attacks, We’ve had about 50 million early votes, already voted, very few problems."