Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, pictured in October 2024, has seized thousands of ballots for an investigation that California Atty. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is a leading Republican candidate for governor, has seized more than 650,000 ballots from last November’s election and is investigating whether they were fraudulently counted. Last fall, Proposition 50 passed in Riverside County with 56% of the vote — a margin of more than 82,000 ballots. AdvertisementA citizens group called the Riverside Election Integrity Team has said it performed an audit finding that 45,896 more ballots were counted than were cast. The sheriff, Bonta said, “has delayed, stonewalled, and otherwise refused to work with us in good faith” and failed to provide most of the requested documents.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 22, 2026 00:44 UTC