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Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Monday, October 28, 2024

In the final stretch before Election Day, ballots have been set on fire and damaged in two ballot drop boxes and a Postal Service mailbox in three states. Federal officials have warned that in recent months, some social media users have encouraged sabotage of ballot drop boxes.

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"Oregon and Washington vote exclusively by mail and drop box while in Arizona, almost all voters cast ballots early that are returned the same way.

Ballot drop boxes have been a subject of conspiracist narratives and false claims about their security since the 2020 election cycle, according to Max Read, a senior research manager for elections at the nonprofit Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which studies extremism and disinformation.

"There's a lot of misconceptions and frankly, just lies about what security measures are in place, not only on the ballot drop boxes, but on the whole system of election vote tabulation and certification," said Read.

"Small-scale incidents like these arsons can be used to support and bolster those claims going forward."

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Some say they plan on violence whether they win or lose, so like last time they'll just claim they won.

Because their Big Daddy says it's OK, no, 'Patriotic' for them to act out.

Fair Play isn't in their Playbook anymore... 'Elections Don't Matter!' MAGA hats from China are in the next shipment.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-28 10:23 PM | Reply

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