Authorities in Oregon and Washington state have identified a “suspicious vehicle” they believe is linked to incendiary devices that caused fires at the polls in both states.

The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) released two surveillance photos of a black or dark-colored Volvo S-60 that they believe is linked to the poll fires. The vehicle does not have a front license plate, but it has an unknown rear plate, police added.

Three ballots were destroyed in a fire at a ballot box in Portland, Oregon, Monday morning. Hours later, hundreds of ballots were destroyed in a fire at a drop box near Vancouver, Washington.

Both ballot boxes were equipped with fire suppression systems, but the system inside the Vancouver box failed, causing other ballots to be destroyed.

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Police said the incendiary devices were placed outside the boxes.

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At a press conference on Monday, authorities said they were able to recover enough material from the devices to show that the two fires were linked. They also said the incidents were linked to an Oct. 8 incident in which an incendiary device was placed in another ballot box in Vancouver.

“We do not know the motive for these actions,” said PPB Deputy Chief Amanda McMillan. “We know that acts like this are targeted and intentional, and we are concerned that this intentional act is attempting to impact the electoral process. We are committed to stopping this type of behavior.”

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Greg Kimsey, a longtime elected auditor in Clark County, Washington, which includes Vancouver, urged voters who placed their ballots in the transit center box after 11 a.m. Saturday to contact his office for a replacement bulletin.

“Heartbreaking,” Kimsey said. “This is a direct attack on democracy.”

Kimsey said police will increase patrols around the polls and Clark County Election Office workers will observe the polls 24 hours a day, seven days a week until the election is over.

He said employees will not confront anyone, but will instead contact police if they spot anything suspicious.

Vancouver is the largest city in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, the site of what is expected to be one of the nation’s tightest U.S. House races between the Democratic Rep.’s first term. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez and Republican challenger Joe Kent.

The Portland FBI also released a statement regarding the arson and said it was actively investigating both situations.

“The FBI is coordinating with its federal, state, and local partners to actively investigate two incidents that occurred in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, in the early hours of Monday, October 28, in order to determine who is responsible,” the statement said.

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The FBI encourages anyone with information to contact the nearest FBI office, provide information via tips.fbi.gov, or call 1-800-225-5324.

These latest incidents come just days after about 20 mail-in ballots were damaged when a U.S. Postal Service mailbox caught fire in Phoenix.

The suspect in the Arizona arson case, Dieter Klofkorn, 35, has since been arrested on a felony charge of arson of property.

Greg Norman of Fox News Digital and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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