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California sheriff seizes 650,000 ballots in defiance of state officials over election count dispute
Fox News via NY Post ^ | 3//22/26 | Anders Hagstrom

Posted on 03/22/2026 11:36:57 AM PDT by Libloather

A California sheriff and top Republican candidate for governor seized over 650,000 votes from the state’s November elections this weekend.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco launched an investigation into the state’s November 2025 special election on Proposition 50 after a third-party organization, the Riverside Election Integrity Team, claimed it found roughly 45,000 excess votes. California elections officials have dismissed the team’s findings, but Bianco says his office will conduct another count.

“This investigation is simple: Physically count the ballots and compare that result with the total votes recorded,” Bianco told reporters at a Friday press conference.

Proposition 50 was a key proposal seeking to reform California’s congressional districts. It was designed to favor Democrats in response to a similar effort by Republicans in Texas.

Secretary of State Shirley Weber has argued Bianco has no authority to carry out a recount.

“The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office has taken actions based on allegations that lack credible evidence and risk undermining public confidence in our elections,” Weber told City News Service. “The sheriff’s assertion that his deputies know how to count is admirable. The fact remains that he and his deputies are not elections officials, and they do not have expertise in election administration.”

Riverside elections official Art Tinoco rejected the Riverside Election Integrity Team’s findings earlier this month, saying the group had misinterpreted how votes are counted on Election Day.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: ballots; california; cheatin; democratcorruption; democratracketeering; democrats; dirtydems; election; electionfraud; highspeedrail; rigging; sheriff

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1 posted on 03/22/2026 11:36:57 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Bianco is running for Governor and is second in the polls so far.

Bravo Bianco!


2 posted on 03/22/2026 11:48:20 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Libloather

Sheriff’s have a lot of extra authority. Screw those democrap/communists POS’s.


3 posted on 03/22/2026 11:53:39 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: Mariner

Fewer ballots than votes tabulated.

How does that happen?

We’re not talking about a few dozen...we’re talking about 45,000. In one county.

I wish the US DOJ would prosecute this tyranny! For here is your perfect 4th Amendment case.


4 posted on 03/22/2026 11:53:48 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner
What abut the ex-Fox News guy Steve Hilton? Last I heard he was leading the polls.


5 posted on 03/22/2026 12:01:10 PM PDT by Blue Highway ( )
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To: Libloather
This investigation is simple: Physically count the ballots

In Kalifornia, it actually is very simple.

Instead of the old axiom "it's not who votes that counts. What matters is WHO counts the votes"....

The upgraded Kalifornia axiom is: it's not the ballots that count. What matters is WHO counts the ballots."

A while after Motor Voter came along, Kalifornia passed laws that gave illegal trespassers the" right" to a Kalifornia driver's license. One Kalifornia democRAT actually stated "they need the license to get to work."

So, every illegal trespasser who has a license is now registered to vote through the Kalifornia DMV. They may never actually vote, complete their own ballot. But a ballot in their name can be generated. Since Kalifornia also mandated complete vote-by-mail, "ballots" are created for every registered voter. Just how many of those ballots were completed without the illegals' knowledge?

Kalifornia has early and late voting. For 30 days before election day, there are dozens of "ballot drop boxes" in every small precinct. We call them "ballot stuffing boxes."

And to add to the MASSIVE Voter Fraud, sometimes elections are "called" within minutes of 8pm on election day. No doubt there are hundreds of thousands of outstanding ballots in the mail and in the ballot stuffing boxes. That does not stop the ballot counters from determining the outcomes. Kalifornia Guv Newscum announced that the recall effort failed to oust him from office. No doubt he rewarded the ballot counters with some of the billions in Kalifornia fraud $$$$. .

6 posted on 03/22/2026 12:04:37 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Blue Highway

“leading” means Hilton got 17% and Bianco got 15%....one and two spots.

The rest was scattered amongst nearly a dozen Democrats. When the dims shoot 8 of them, the remainder hope to have the top two spots.

But Bianco wants to broaden his appeal and obviously believes this is a good path.


7 posted on 03/22/2026 12:07:47 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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“The fact remains that he and his deputies are not elections officials, and they do not have expertise in election administration.”

I understand that his office has Sesame Street’s The Count on staff. Can’t find a better expert than him.
“One! Ah ha ha. Two! Ah ha ha...


8 posted on 03/22/2026 12:08:27 PM PDT by BigB60 (C. S. Lewis loves hobbits)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III
"But a ballot in their name can be generated." Nay. It IS generated and mailed to the last known address. Engineered for fraud.
9 posted on 03/22/2026 12:12:00 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Libloather

“saying the group had misinterpreted how votes are counted on Election Day.’

shouldn’t be so difficult to understand.


10 posted on 03/22/2026 12:26:41 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: Libloather

Or when does a phantom lightning strike set the warehouse on fire where the ballots are currently stored?


11 posted on 03/22/2026 12:36:38 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Mariner

MATH IS HARD, THESE DAYS


12 posted on 03/22/2026 12:42:49 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Libloather

“The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office has taken actions based on allegations that lack credible evidence and risk undermining public confidence in our elections”

They’re scared.


13 posted on 03/22/2026 12:46:51 PM PDT by dljordan (Yeah, I'm a Boomer and it's all my fault you whiny little bitch.)
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To: Libloather; All
Thank you for posting Libloather.

Secretary of State Shirley Weber has argued Bianco has no authority to carry out a recount.


Presuming that sheriffs swear to protect and defend the Constitution, Sheriff Bianco has the power to investigate this alleged voting problem under Section 2 of the 14th Amendment imo, that section a penalty for states where voting results have been compromised.

Note the zero tolerance "hair triggers" in that section that the Supremes, Pence and the J6 Congress wrongly ignored imo when lawmakers voted to accept Biden's electoral votes in 2020 despite allegations of vote-counting problems.

In fact, here's third-party opinion that Section 2 is being ignored, evidence of the corrupt uniparty imo.

Regarding the wrongly ignored Section 2, Thomas Jefferson had warned against ignoring parts of the Constitution.

The general rule [is] that an instrument is to be so construed as to reconcile and give meaning and effect to all its parts. --Thomas Jefferson to -----, 1816. ME 14:445

If this were a better world, the media would be warning the states ahead of elections that the feds will be darkening their doorways under Section 2 concerning reasonable allegations of voting integrity problems.

The ignored Section 2 is a reminder of ongoing deep-state corruption that Trump's tsunami of supporters, evidenced by his record-breaking votes in 2024 elections, still need to primary all state and federal lawmakers up for reelection in 2026 elections if they refuse to publicly support Trump.

14 posted on 03/22/2026 1:01:19 PM PDT by Amendment10
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Secretary of State Weber said

“the Sheriff’s assertion that his deputies know how to count is admirable. The fact remains that he and his deputies are not elections officials and they do not have expertise in election administration.”

LOL


15 posted on 03/22/2026 1:01:53 PM PDT by algore ( )
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“risk undermining public confidence in our elections”

Who has any confidence in our elections? True, participation implies legitimacy, so everyone who did vote must have confidence otherwise why bother? Am I right?


16 posted on 03/22/2026 1:15:26 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Libloather

How do you count stuff? Only “certified” election officials know how to do that.


17 posted on 03/22/2026 1:50:01 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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“The fact remains that he and his deputies are not elections officials, and they do not have expertise in election administration.”

Sounds like they haven’t learned the intricacies of stealing elections.


18 posted on 03/22/2026 3:42:00 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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