A Republican sheriff who is running for governor of California recently seized more than 650,000 ballots cast in a 2025 statewide election, prompting criticism from the state’s top election official, who said the sheriff’s concerns about fraud “lack credible evidence,” according to The New York Times.
The
sheriff, Chad Bianco, on Friday said he was investigating allegations by an
election activist group that vote tallies did not match the number of ballots
received. “This investigation is simple,” he said at a
news conference. “Physically count the ballots and compare that result with
the total votes reported.” His office confirmed the ballot seizure and
investigation on Sunday.
Mr.
Bianco’s investigation involves ballots cast in the 2025 special election over
Proposition 50, which asked voters whether they wanted to allow Democrats to
redraw the state’s congressional districts in response to the nationwide
redistricting war Republicans sparked in Texas last year. The outcome was not
close: Voters overwhelmingly supported the redistricting effort, with about 7.4
million voting in favor and 4.1 million voting against it.
State and
local and election officials have described the investigation and Mr. Bianco’s
justification for seizing the ballots as baseless. Democrats and Republicans in
the state have also said they believe that politics was a motivating factor in
the probe. When asked for comment, Mr. Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff,
criticized the state’s Democratic attorney general.
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