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

AP ^ | March 22, 2026 | AP Bitter LOSERS

[Diana in Wisconsin]

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — 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.

In the special election, voters approved a measure to redraw congressional district lines to favor Democrats in the upcoming midterm election. The measure passed in the county by a margin of more than 80,000 votes.

Bianco seized ballots in Riverside County, the inland California county of 2.5 million people where he has twice been elected sheriff. He called the effort “a fact-finding mission.”

“This investigation is simple: Physically count the ballots and compare that result with the total votes reported,” he said Friday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; elections; redistricting; sheriff

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Bianco said the alleged discrepancy amounted to about 45,800 votes — a difference elections officials have refuted at county meetings, saying the machine count and the final count submitted to the state differed by about 100 votes. They argue the handwritten rolls, which were not relied on to check the count, were being kept by temporary elections workers who had worked long days and may have made mistakes.

Bianco said Friday that the count had started and stopped, but would now resume under the supervision of a special master appointed by a judge."

[for-q-clinton]

Really it’s simple. Just count them by hand and see if you’re in the ballpark or if you’re outside the margin of fraud.

[PeterPrinciple]

“This investigation is simple: Physically count the ballots and compare that result with the total votes reported,” he said Friday.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I’d like to see EVERY candidate in any position of power with an ‘R’ after their name to do the same!

Shine the light on these cheatin’ RATS at every opportunity!

[CFW]

The Democrats running the place have already declared that…

1. A 45,800 vote discrepancy is no big deal and that anyone who thinks so is a dangerous election denier.

2. Human error makes it natural that there can be a mistake of nearly 50,000 votes

3. The real threat comes from people noticing any election issues

https://www.frontpagemag.com/california-sheriff-seizes-half-million-ballots-in-voter-fraud-investigation/

[tennmountainman]

There is no trust in elections.