Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco remains defiant as the California Supreme Court deliberates whether he has to return approximately 650,000 ballots he seized from a November 2025 special election on redistricting.The court heard arguments Monday from Bianco’s lawyers and from California, where the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta launched a legal challenge to Bianco’s ballot seizures in March, ordering him to return the ballots.Bianco, however, refused, arguing through his legal team that he had a legal obligation to investigate the ballots after receiving a complaint."I did this, and th...
California sheriff doubles down on seizing ballots as state Supreme Court hears whether he must return them
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Aug 25, 2026 • 1 week ago
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