Posted on 10/25/2024 10:39:43 AM PDT by Twotone
More than a dozen ballots in Arizona were destroyed Thursday after a United States Postal Service (USPS) mailbox was set on fire, according to authorities.
Twenty electoral ballots were damaged by the fire set outside a post office in Phoenix just prior to 1:30 a.m., officials said, according to Fox 10 Phoenix.
Democratic Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego announced later Thursday after 2 p.m. that police had arrested a suspect with the assistance of “federal partners.” The identity of the suspect was not disclosed.
The Phoenix Police Department directed the Daily Caller to a media advisory identifying the suspect as 35-year-old Dieter Klofkorn. He allegedly said he committed the arson because he wanted to be arrested. Klofkorn claimed his actions were not motivated by politics or the 2024 election, according to the advisory.
The flames were put out by firefighters responding to the scene, Fox 10 Phoenix reported. Additional pieces of mail were reportedly also disfigured by the fire.
“The Postal Inspector took possession of the damaged ballots and mail,” Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Rob McDade stated. “The Phoenix Fire Investigations Task Force, which includes Phoenix Police detectives and Phoenix Fire investigators, are working with US Postal Inspectors.”
Investigators acquired surveillance footage from the scene, Phoenix police said. The area where the fire was lit has since been reopened following a temporary blockade, Fox 10 Phoenix reported.
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer issued a statement on the incident obtained by the outlet.
“We are waiting for details from law enforcement. We encourage all voters who used that mail box in the last 36 hours to check the status of their ballots at https://BeBallotReady.Vote,” the statement said.
Richer’s statement urged Arizona voters to check their ballots’ status online and said Friday, Oct. 25, is the last day they can request a replacement ballot.
Klofkorn faces a single felony count of Arson of Property, according to the police department’s media advisory. An investigation is ongoing.
🐟 fishy 🐠
Does anyone remember vote by mail being such a big deal?
Why are people doing this? Our mail has become very unreliable so why? (Other than the Dems’ pallets of mystery ballots)
I’ve heard that postal inspectors don’t fool around.
This guy may have bitten off more than he can chew.
Who would be stupid to use a mail box these days?
Why people still mail ballots when they are capable of walking them in and dropping them in a box confounds me.
I vaguely recall the justification for going to all mail-in voting in Oregon years ago as making it ‘easy’ for everyone to vote. Getting to a physical location on ONE day was such a trial for some.
But Oregon has gone from a conservative state to a positively leftist Dem state. They’re ability to control the election with fraud is pretty obvious.
Since some voters may now be disenfranchised then I guess that AZ will have start their election over. I just using leftist reasoning here.
Arizona and elections the last few years has been a total clown show. Imagine the election comes down to Maricopa County taking 3 weeks to determine the election with bimbo governor in charge.
Looked up the guy, likely homeless, but amusing to read the X thread where all the lefties try to blame it on MAGA. Oh, and of course he is known the the police and had an outstanding arrest warrant, sigh.
But Oregon has gone from a conservative state to a positively leftist Dem state.
Every State with universal mail-in balloting has either become one-party rule or is trending that way. Guess which party...
That gonna take Arizona at least two more months to count those 12 ballots.
I voted once by mail when in college. The candidate I voted for (it was a primary) withdrew after I mailed my ballot. So a wasted effort on everyone’s part.
Funny, Trump supporters in PA received threatening letters from leftists via the mail. Post office said “no video so nothing we can do.” I have no doubt postal inspectors will search the ends of the earth if these are rat ballots. If they are Trump ballots I doubt they will search the ends of their desk.
I voted for Ron Paul by mail when he was the Libertarian Party candidate. I also was in college. In our state you need a valid reason to request an absentee ballot.
Note well this bit...
...Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials. Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country...
Here's a link to the statement on Truth Social...
the assistance of “federal partners.”
Ballots in the hurricane and flood swept states will have mud and silt on them, the successors to the Bush-Gore hanging chads.
And now some will arrive with singed edges from a fire.
But like the ragged flag viewed by Francis Scott Key, we will go on.
Go, Trump.
I mail things from mail boxes. I know which ones in my neighborhood are working and active.
That said I would not trust my ballot to a union that endorsed Harris. I vote in person. At least the people at the polling place are POSSIBLY not members of a union that endorsed my political enemy.
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