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RandySF

(84,444 posts)
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 06:18 PM Monday

CA-GOV: California sheriff says his recount plan is on hold -- but has grabbed even more election records

With two legal challenges moving through California courts, a sheriff and Republican candidate for governor who seized 650,000 ballots cast in last year’s redistricting referendum has conceded that his mission to recount the votes is temporarily on pause.

But that doesn’t make his attack on free and fair elections any less alarming.

A court filing from last Thursday alleges that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized even more ballots last week, and another local official with a history of making election fraud allegations had a hand in efforts to challenge the vote.

Earlier this month, Bianco seized the ballots and hastily began his own recount based on reports of a large discrepancy between ballots cast and ballots counted. On March 24, he seized an additional 426 boxes of ballot materials, according to a petition from the California Attorney General’s office.



https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/california-sheriff-who-seized-ballots-says-his-recount-plan-is-on-hold-but-has-grabbed-even-more-election-records/

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CA-GOV: California sheriff says his recount plan is on hold -- but has grabbed even more election records (Original Post) RandySF Monday OP
Hey Bianco, here's what you can do with your voter records! Initech Monday #1
Is this another Tina Peters type assistant that helped remove bluestarone Monday #2
The Republican sheriff of Riverside County who is running for governor. RandySF Monday #3
Yes, but the article said the sheriff got a guy on the inside bluestarone Monday #7
How is this legal? MustLoveBeagles Monday #4
Bonta went to the state Supreme Court on Saturday. RandySF Monday #5
Ah MustLoveBeagles Monday #6
Sounds like another deranged asshole getting way too much his way. GreenWave Monday #8

Initech

(108,815 posts)
1. Hey Bianco, here's what you can do with your voter records!
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 06:23 PM
Monday

Go shove them straight up your ass! And fuck you! K thanks bye!

bluestarone

(22,201 posts)
2. Is this another Tina Peters type assistant that helped remove
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 06:31 PM
Monday

These ballots? Hope HE goes to Jail like Peters did!!

bluestarone

(22,201 posts)
7. Yes, but the article said the sheriff got a guy on the inside
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 06:57 PM
Monday

To help getting the ballots?

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