The devices used to spark three ballot drop box fires in the Pacific Northwest during the 2024 election were made of a ''very volatile mix'' of thermite and scrap metal, FBI agents said Thursday.

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 ...

Ballot boxes in both states were equipped with fire ... grinding metals or collecting metal scraps including pipe endcaps, ...

A man suspected of setting ballot-box fires in the Pacific Northwest this week has vast experience in metal work and might be planning more attacks, police in Portland, Ore., said Wednesday.

Luzerne County Election Director Emily Cook publicly demonstrated the security features of this new mail ballot drop box Thursday as part of the county election board’s upcoming decision on ...

It is believed the man may have some experience with metal work and welding ... ballots were retrieved from one of the burned ballot boxes in Vancouver, while most of the Portland ballots survived ...