California Supreme Court demands Sheriff Chad Bianco return ballots
The California Supreme Court ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return the over 650,000 ballots he seized in February to county election officials on Thursday, delivering a blow to his goal of investigating alleged election fraud in a November 2025 election.
TL;DR
- The California Supreme Court ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return over 650,000 seized ballots.
- The ballots were seized in February, hindering an investigation into alleged election fraud for a November 2025 election.
- The seizure followed a warning about a potential 45,000-vote discrepancy in California's Proposition 50 ballot count.
- Riverside County voted in favor of Proposition 50 by approximately 80,000 votes.