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Riverside County Sheriff returns seized ballots after Supreme Court ruling
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ)— Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has returned approximately 650,000 ballots and election materials to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters following a unanimous California Supreme Court ruling ordering the materials returned.
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The Riverside County sheriff and one-time gubernatorial candidate who seized more than half a million ballots in a 2025 special election must return them to county election officials, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco broke state law by seizing about 650,000 ballots and ordered him to return them to election officials and stop handling them.
The California Supreme Court ruled Sheriff Chad Bianco violated the state's election law when his office seized ballots from the Riverside County registrar. The ruling comes six weeks before the November midterm election that will determine who controls Congress in President Trump’s final two years …
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco must return more than half a million seized ballots to local election officials, the California Supreme Court said Thursday in two unanimous rulings.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Southern California sheriff who seized more than half a million ballots must return them to county election officials, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized approximately 650,000 ballots from a November 2025 specia…
The state's high court issued a ruling Thursday on whether Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco had the authority to seize more than half a million ballots in what the former Republican candidate for governor claimed was an investigation into voter fraud.
The California Supreme Court said Thursday in two unanimous rulings that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco must return more than half a million ballots seized from last November's election as part of his push to investigate unfounded claims of voter fraud.
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco must return all seized ballots to election officials. In March, the sheriff and former gubernatorial candidate seized over 650,000 ballots from the state’s November election.
By Matthew Rodriguez The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated the state’s election law by ordering his deputies to seize more than 650,000 ballots tied to the Proposition 50 special election.
State supreme court rules Chad Bianco’s conduct unlawful and says he ‘must refrain from further handling’ of ballots A Republican California sheriff must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year, the st…
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that Republican Sheriff Chad Bianco must return over 650,000 ballots he seized following a November 2025 special election that favored Democrats.
The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated that state's election law by ordering his deputies to seize more than 650,000 ballots.
The California Supreme Court ruled Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, former California gubernatorial candidate, must return approximately 650,000 ballots he seized earlier this year. The court ruled that Bianco’s seizure was “unlawful” as California law dictates that "'[i]n no event' shall voted…
The California Supreme Court ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return materials he seized from the election on redrawing the state’s congressional districts.
The California Supreme Court ordered Republican Sheriff Chad Bianco in Riverside County, California, to return ballots that he illegally seized from election officials. The New York Times reports that Bianco took about 650,000 ballots cast in California’s 2025 special election on congressional redis…
The California Supreme Court ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return the over 650,000 ballots he seized in February to county election officials on Thursday, delivering a blow to his goal of investigating alleged election fraud in a November 2025 election.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco must return more than half a million seized ballots to local election officials, the California Supreme Court said Thursday in two unanimous rulings.
In a unanimous ruling, the justices said Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco broke the law when he seized ballots cast in the November 2025 special election and ordered him to return them.
The state Supreme Court's unanimous ruling on Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco's seizure of 650,000 ballots must be followed by a full investigation.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ)— Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has returned approximately 650,000 ballots and election materials to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters following a unanimous California Supreme Court ruling ordering the materials returned.
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