Ballots Burned, Vote Center Vandalized Day Before Los Angeles Mayoral Race

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder officials stated Sunday that two incidents of attempted election interference may have occurred in Long Beach and elsewhere before the June 2 primary election. The county registrar-recorder said the burned votes were found during the normal collection of ballots at an official ballot drop box at the Department of Public Social Services-Civic Center in Los Angeles.“Staff identified a limited number of vote-by-mail ballots that appeared to have

sustained fire-related damage,” the county registrar-recorder said

The fire occurred somewhere between the last ballot pickup Saturday and the first ballot pickup Sunday and included a “small number” of ballots, officials said. Vandalism was discovered Sunday morning at the voting center in Long Beach’s Cesar E. Chavez Park. The county registrar-recorder’s office said election workers responded and voting operations were uninterrupted.

“Any attempt to interfere with voting or election operations is taken seriously. We will continue working closely with law enforcement and other partners to safeguard the voting process and ensure voters can participate with confidence,” Logan said. The public is encouraged to report any suspicious activity involving election materials, election facilities, or voting operations to the county registrar-recorder by calling (800) 815-2666.

Tomorrow is Election Day in California and Mail-in ballots are being found burned and voting centers vandalized.

This is what election integrity looks like in a Democrat-run city.

This is why we need the SAVE America Act NOW.

Vote in person tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/vKqigkolJO

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 1, 2026

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Following the release of two polls last week that blew the California governor’s race and the Los Angeles mayor’s race wide open, several unanticipated scenarios are suddenly in play. A poll from The UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found the mayor’s race was practically tied between mayor Karen Bass, former reality star Spencer Pratt, and councilmember Nithya Raman, eliminating what earlier polls said was a large lead for Bass.