California sues to halt Riverside ballot seizure amid governor race

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta and UCLA's Voting Rights Project filed suit to stop Sheriff Chad Bianco's seizure and recount of Riverside County ballots, arguing the action violates state election laws and could undermine public trust ahead of the elections; Bianco says the investigation is legal with warrants and a court-supervised counting process, while officials dispute the ballot-count discrepancy.
- California and a voting rights group filed legal challenges to stop GOP sheriff’s ballot seizure CNN
- California sheriff seizes more ballot materials in defiance of state officials The Guardian
- Sheriff in California Seizes More Ballots, Ignoring State Attorney General The New York Times
- Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seizes more ballots in election probe, ignoring California officials’ orders to stop KTLA
- California voters sue demanding GOP sheriff return 650,000 seized ballots democracydocket.com
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