The FBI is investigating two ballot boxes being set on fire early Monday morning, including one in a crucial swing district in Washington state.

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell reported on Monday, “Breaking news from the Pacific Northwest. State election officials are working to determine how many ballots were destroyed overnight after two apparent arson attacks.”

“Drop-off ballot boxes were apparently targeted in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. Police found an incendiary device, that’s their frame, inside the Portland ballot drop-off box. County elections officials say fire suppressant inside the drop box protected nearly all the ballots. Only three were damaged. But officials in Vancouver fear that hundreds of ballots could have been damaged or even destroyed. It is not clear if the two are connected. The FBI is investigating,” added Mitchell.

Cook Political’s Dave Wasserman later noted the importance of the ballots to the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives. “This is in #WA03. In 2022, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) only beat Joe Kent (R) here by 2,629 votes. The rematch is a Toss Up,” Wasserman wrote on X.

Watch the full clip above via MSNBC.

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