Court rejects California bid to halt Riverside ballot recount led by Sheriff Bianco
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A California appeals court denied Attorney General Rob Bonta’s request to stop Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s recount of roughly 650,000 ballots from the November 2025 election, saying the challenge should be filed in Riverside County court. Bianco, a gubernatorial candidate, characterized the probe as a fact-finding mission, while state officials questioned the warrants and probable cause behind the seizure and search for balloting records.
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- California sheriff running for governor seizes more than a half million ballots from 2025 election CNN
- Judge who OK’d ballot seizure spoke glowingly about Republican sheriff leading investigation San Francisco Chronicle
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