Arizona law enforcement officials are conducting an arson investigation after election ballots were damaged when a USPS mail collection box was burned in Maricopa County, a Democratic stronghold.

ABC 15 reported that crews responded to the USPS Osborn Station around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday and found a mail collection box on fire.

“Approximately 20 electoral ballots were damaged, along with additional miscellaneous mail,” Phoenix Fire Department officials revealed, according to ABC 15.

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    2 hours ago

    This particular situation looks more like someone just setting a mailbox on fire. It happened to have ballots because of election season but they weren’t the target.

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        2 hours ago

        Not everything is about the elections just because it’s that season. Arson doesn’t care about the election.

        It wasn’t a ballot drop box that was set on fire, it was a regular old mail drop box.