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Thieves attempted to steal a Mason County Elections ballot drop box from the parking lot of the North Mason Timberland Library last week. According to the elections office, no ballots were damaged during the attempted theft.
Someone unsuccessfully tried to steal a ballot drop box at the Belfair North Timberland Library parking lot late Thursday, Feb. 1 or early Friday, Feb. 2, Mason County Auditor Steve Duenkel told the Journal.
Vandals tried to dig up or pull out the box, which is fixed to a cement block.
Library staff phoned Election Administrator Marie Stevenson about the incident "reporting that someone attempted to remove the ballot drop box located in the library parking lot," according to a news release.
Library security cameras don't cover the drop box.
Duenkel said he filed a report with the Sheriff's Off...
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