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How to track your ballot and what to do if it's been damaged

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Summary
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85% Informative

An arsonist lit a ballot drop box on fire in Vancouver , Washington , destroying hundreds of absentee ballots.

The arson attack follows other similar incidents last week when ballots in Florida and Arizona were damaged in transit.

Election officials are able to track individual ballots by using "intelligent mail barcodes" that are embedded in envelopes.

Most ballot drop boxes are tamper proof, bolted to the ground, under 24-hour surveillance.

In most areas, the ballots themselves are picked up by two -person teams.

Drop boxes in many states have fire suppression systems that extinguish fires using powder rather than water.

VR Score

89

Informative language

90

Neutral language

65

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

57

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

2

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