Investigators say the man suspected of burning ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced metalworker and may be planning additional attacks.

Federal authorities are investigating fires at two ballot boxes reported Monday morning in the Portland, Oregon, area that destroyed hundreds of ballots at one location, as well as another fire reported earlier this month.

The two cities in the Pacific Northwest are neighbors on opposite sides of the Columbia River, and it's not clear whether the attacks are linked.

Police in Portland said they identified a “suspect vehicle” in the case after security cameras from the Multnomah County Elections Office captured footage of a Volvo stopping at the drop box at Southeast Morrison Street, near 10th Avenue, shortly before the fire there was detected.

Police have released a description of the suspect in two ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington as election officials are rushing to send replacement ballots to the voters who were affected.

Republican Congressional candidate Joe Kent stated it's “very much possible” for voters to get a replacement ballot.

Two ballot drop box fires in the Pacific Northwest this week have stoked concerns about election security and the risk of violence in the 2024 election days before voting concludes. Arson burned hundreds of ballots in what one official called “a direct attack on democracy” in Vancouver,