California Supreme Court orders Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to pause ballot investigation and preserve seized election materials
The California Supreme Court ordered Republican Sheriff Chad Bianco to halt his investigation into alleged discrepancies from a November 2025 redistricting election and preserve over 650,000 seized ballots. The order came after Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta challenged Bianco's authority to investigate election materials, with local election officials saying the original complaint from a citizens group was unfounded. Bianco, who is running for governor, had seized the ballots in two separate seizures totaling over 1,400 boxes of election materials.
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“California Supreme Court Orders Republican Sheriff To Halt Election Probe”HP HuffPost LEFT
“California GOP sheriff Chad Bianco ordered to halt ballot investigation”WE Washington Examiner RIGHT
“California sheriff's ballot seizure spurred by local election integrity group, documents show - Politico” · Politico, PBS NewsHour, AP News