By The Opinion
24 Oct 2024, 21:58 PM EDT
A blue U.S. Postal Service mailbox in Phoenix was set on fire overnight, damaging several ballots. and other pieces of mail, authorities said.
Although local police arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with the incident, federal authorities warned of at least three attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign headquarters, in events that occurred in Arizona, as well as the theft of electoral ballots in Florida.
Two suspects have been arrested for the electoral attacks carried out in different cities in the Phoenix metropolitan area, in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Being the most populated, Maricopa County is key to defining who wins Arizona, a state where Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump are practically tied.
Phoenix Fire Capt. Rob McDade said an unknown person started a fire inside a mailbox early today, damaging at least 20 ballots.
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego expressed concern about the incident and said it is working with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and local election officials so affected voters can cast their ballots again.
Another incident occurred in Phoenix, where Jeffrey Michael Kelly, 60, was charged Wednesday with three separate shootings in 20 days that damaged a Democratic National Committee campaign office in a suburb of the Arizona capital.
While in central Florida, In Orange County, authorities investigate the theft of several ballots from a USPS mailbox supposedly by a person who had a master key.
It is worth mentioning that since a month ago, State and local election officials across the United States expressed concern over persistent problems with the Postal Service’s delivery system, which could compromise the right to vote in the next presidential elections.
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