Burned Mail-In Ballots, Vandalism Reported in Los Angeles Days Before Election

Officials in Los Angeles said they are investigating a mail-in ballot box and ballots that were burned as well as a vandalized Los Angeles County voting center, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk’s office. In one incident detailed by the office, vandalism was discovered at the Vote Center at Cesar E. Chavez Park on Sunday morning. Election workers and officials responded to the incident immediately, and voting operations weren’t disrupted, the office said in a statement. The office said that in the other incident, officials discovered “a limited number of Vote by Mail ballots that appeared to have sustained fire-related damage inside” a ballot drop-box at the Department of Public Social Services-Civic Center in Los Angeles. The fire damage was observed “during routine ballot collection procedures,” the office also said....