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California sheriff running for governor seizes more than a half million ballots from 2025 election (apnews.com)

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A California sheriff running for governor has seized more than half a million ballots cast in a November special election from county election officials, saying he’s investigating a ballot count discrepancy.

County elections officials have disputed the claims by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, called Bianco’s move unprecedented and says it is designed to sow distrust in elections.

Bianco held a news conference Friday saying his office had launched the investigation after receiving a complaint from a local citizens group about the ballot count from a November 2025 special election on redistricting.

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Stole ballots. Fucker is going use this to rig the election. The fact that he is not been arrested and still allowed to run for office, just proves we no longer live in a Democracy.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I’m not certain about California, but I know the governor in many states has authority over sheriffs, why has Newsom not stopped him? Weird look for the supposed frontrunner for 2028

[–] kiwilad@forum.macaque.social 3 points 1 week ago

They're just trying out this tactic to discredit elections but also slow up the processing of ballots causing delay and disruption.