GOP gubernatorial hopeful triggers uproar by seizing 650,000 Riverside ballots
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a leading GOP candidate for California governor, has seized about 650,000 ballots from Riverside County’s November election to probe whether the tally was inflated, a move criticized by Attorney General Rob Bonta as unprecedented and lacking evidence of widespread fraud; the effort is not a recount and is overseen by a court-appointed special master, with officials pushing back on the politicized probe and noting strong evidence against systemic fraud.