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latimes.com
Court releases secret warrants that Riverside sheriff used to seize over 650,000 ballots
<strong>The contested warrants used by Riverside County sheriff and gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco to seize more than 650,000 ballots have been unsealed</strong>.
nbcnews.com
California Supreme Court halts GOP sheriff's voter fraud investigation
“<strong>The Riverside County Sheriff willfully defied my direct orders, seized 650,000 ballots</strong>, misused criminal investigatory tools, and created a constitutional emergency in the process,” Bonta said in a statement.
ktvu.com
Judge unseals warrants tied to California sheriff's allegations of fraud in 2025 special election | KTVU FOX 2
- <strong>Search warrants that allowed Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to seize hundreds of thousands of ballots</strong> as part of his probe into allegations of fraud surrounding California's 2025 special election were unsealed and publicized Wednesday.
theguardian.com
‘A blatant political ploy’: California sheriff’s seizure of referendum ballots sets off alarm bells | California | The Guardian
A California sheriff’s decision to seize about 650,000 ballots based on specious allegations of fraud has raised considerable alarm bells that similar efforts to undermine confidence in the electoral system could materialize this fall. The episode underscores how sheriffs and other officials can transform shoddy claims about voter fraud into law enforcement actions.
latimes.com
More than half a million ballots seized by top GOP candidate in California governor’s race - Los Angeles Times
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a leading Republican candidate for governor, has seized more than 650,000 ballots from last November’s election to determine, he says, <strong>whether they were fraudulently counted</strong>.
nytimes.com
In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Concerns - The New York Times
A Republican sheriff who is running ... state’s top election official, who said the sheriff’s concerns about fraud “<strong>lack credible evidence</strong>.”...
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