US EditionCalifornia Supreme Court Orders GOP Sheriff to Pause Election Probe and Preserve Seized Ballots
The court said 1,000 boxes of ballots must stay preserved while judges review a legal challenge to the sheriff’s fraud probe.
- On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to pause his investigation into election fraud allegations while judges review the legal challenge against it.
- The dispute began in February, escalating last month when Bianco seized 1,000 boxes of election materials to investigate a complaint regarding the ballot count from a November 2025 special election.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta requested the court's intervention, stating, "What the Sheriff says and what he does are often two different things." Bonta called the ruling essential to stop the probe.
- Bianco stated last week he paused the investigation amid mounting legal challenges, despite previously defending the probe as court-approved and seizing another 426 boxes of ballots.
- Mirroring rhetoric from President Donald Trump regarding the 2020 election, this investigation follows similar actions in Georgia as some Republicans adopt comparable approaches to voting in their states.
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Breaking OneCalifornia Supreme Court orders sheriff to halt election investigation
The California Supreme Court ordered a local sheriff on Wednesday to halt an investigation into the 2025 election that prompted him to seize more than 650,000 ballots from a local election office.
Court: California sheriff must pause vote probe
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge against it.
State Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to pause election probe during judicial review
Voters in San Diego County. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge to it. The order came after California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, last month asked the court to step in, arguing the sheriff, a Republican, h…
Just Released Riverside County Warrants Relied on Bogus Evidence of Likely Felony to Seize Ballots (Links to Warrants) #ELB
Following up on today’s orders in the Riverside County ballot seizure case, you can find the three just released search warrants linked below. The warrants claim that a felony was likely committed in connection with the recent Prop. 50 ballot… Continue reading The post Just Released Riverside County Warrants Relied on Bogus Evidence of Likely Felony to Seize Ballots (Links to Warrants) appeared first on Election Law Blog.
California Supreme Court Orders "Rogue" Sheriff To Pause Election Fraud Probe
California Supreme Court Orders "Rogue" Sheriff To Pause Election Fraud Probe Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco was ordered by the California Supreme Court on April 8 to halt his investigation into 2025 election fraud allegations so the judges can review the legal challenges that his probe faces. Bianco, a Republican who is running for California governor, seized more than half a million 2025 elec…
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