# Dirty Tricks **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 25, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-tricks/923877 "2020-10-25T22:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-tricks/923877/1 "2020-10-25T22:25:27Z")
… are well underway. In Boston, of all places. You might have thought they would have chosen somewhere a bit more up for grabs. [Ballot Drop Box Set On Fire In Boston](https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/10/25/ballot-drop-box-set-on-fire-in-boston/#46dbb5cd6a61) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-tricks/923877/2 "2020-10-26T01:32:30Z")
Wasn’t there also a group of people showing up at a polling place armed and wearing security guard uniforms lying that they were sent by the Republican campaign? IIRC, the sheriff’s office stated that’s not actually voter intimidation but the sheriff still dispatched some deputies to the site anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-tricks/923877/3 "2020-10-26T03:22:20Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Ballot Drop Box Set On Fire In Boston [Copycats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/911140/1380)