During the August primary election, a man on a rampage (as described by the police) knocked one of our ballot drop boxes off its base. He drove his SUV into police cars, an emergency gate and, lastly, the ballot drop box in the Lacey City Hall parking lot.

Once he drove on top of the drop box, he couldn't drive back off. High centered on top of the drop box, police were able to quickly arrest him.

You would think our drop box would be useless after abuse like that! But you'd be wrong.

Early in the morning city staff quickly repositioned and reattached the drop box to the ground. When our elections staff inspected the box, they found a scratch and tire tread marks but no real damage.