The California Supreme Court halted an investigation by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco last week into ballots from a November 2025 special election, after his office seized them following accusations of potential voter fraud.
Bianco, who is also running for governor of California as a Republican, seized more than 650,000 ballots from the local election office after a community watchdog group cited alleged discrepancies, according to The Hill.
The special election centered on Proposition 50, a measure that would have amended the state’s constitution to redraw California’s congressional maps to favor Democrats before November’s midterm elections.
It would also temporarily take power away from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission to accomplish this.
The measure passed by a wide majority and was later challenged by the Justice Department. The Supreme Court denied an emergency request in February to block the map from going into effect.
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Bianco, however, said he
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