Christina White, the county’s elections supervisor, said the containers were sealed, and the ballots had already been scanned and tabulated. The Miami-Dade Elections Department released a statement saying the incident was due to “human error” and that none of the ballots were tampered with. 

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“The worker forgot to lock the back of the truck, and as they drove off, one sealed bin and one sealed bag fell out,” Christina White, the county’s elections supervisor, said Tuesday morning.

The incident happened between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. The county worker driving the truck did not immediately stop after the ballots fell out. Another driver passing by the scene retrieved the containers, according to a video from Only in Dade.

Last night, an individual came across a box full of ballots and other documents on exit 11 of the Turnpike, at the intersection of 211th St. in Cutler Bay. He immediately picked them up and took them to the police station, where they have been properly secured. No information yet… pic.twitter.com/HQP6glsm9b

— ONLY in DADE (@ONLYinDADE) October 29, 2024

As seen in the video, the passerby drove the ballots to a police office, where they were handled.

“Upon arrival at the police department, election staff verified all seals were intact, and nothing was tampered with or damaged,” White told the Miami Herald. “Thankfully, this was observed in real-time by upstanding citizens who did the right thing and turned the bin and bag into the police department,” White said.

The employee who was driving the truck has since been fired as a result of the incident. 

This follows the news from Monday that hundreds of ballots were destroyed in two likely connected incidents in Washington and Oregon, where a suspect set two ballot boxes on fire.