County records show more than half of the anti-Trump protesters arrested in Portland, Ore., last week didn’t actually vote in the election, according to a local TV station.
WKGW reported 69 of the 112 people arrested in recent protests either weren’t registered to vote or didn’t turn in a ballot. The TV station compared the names of the people arrested by police and compared them to state voter logs compiled by Multnomah County elections officials.
According to the report, 34 of the people arrested didn’t return a ballot and 35 of them weren’t registered to vote in the state. The station is still working to verify 17 of the protesters’ voting records.
Of the 112 arrested, 25 voted.
Protests shook up the liberal Oregon city for several nights last week. Protesters shattered windows and took over parts of Interstate 84, which runs through downtown.
The city had to close parts of the light rail system in town for safety reasons and the state shut down all major highways running through Portland due to the protests.
