Yes sabotaging elections via fire bomb in ballot box is not a rational action.

I read elsewhere that one of the locations is in a district with a competitive House race.

But it could win them more local elections, and then we get fuckery like what’s happening in Florida and Texas all up in our business.

Local elections matter too, and often more, than national ones.

Chaos makes a coup easier.

Both states in these areas have toss-up Congressional races. They could decide control of the House.