Los Angeles voting center vandalized, mail-in ballots burned ahead of primary election

Well, this is going to make the weeks-long ballot-counting process in Los Angeles a lot more interesting, isn't it?

What in the world is going on in LA?

Here's CBS News on the investigations into the vandalism and voting interference.

Two investigations were launched on Sunday after a Los Angeles County voting center was vandalized and a mail-in ballot box was burned, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.

In a news release, Los Angeles County officials said that early Sunday morning, vandalism was found at the voting center at Cesar E. Chavez Park, located in the 400 block of Golden Avenue in Long Beach. Officials said that election workers quickly responded and that voting operations were not disrupted.

In addition, Los Angeles County staff said a "limited number of Vote by Mail ballots" appeared to have sustained fire-related damage inside a ballot drop box at the Department of Public Social Services-Civic Center, located at E. 4th Place in Los Angeles.

They're setting fire to vote-by-mail boxes, because those are a big thing in California, and people are targeting voting centers for damage and destruction.

Third-world countries run their elections cleaner than this.

The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan said the department is reviewing both incidents and working to identify voters who may have been affected. Officials said the voters will be directly contacted and given information on other voting options, including replacement ballots.

They said reports have been filed with the Los Angeles Police Department.

'Our responsibility is to protect voters and ensure every eligible voter has the opportunity to cast a ballot,' Logan said in a statement. '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.'

Maybe allowing people to vote for weeks at a time and having their ballots sit in boxes on the streets where nutbags live isn't the best way to run an election.

Just a thought.