The California Supreme Court ruled that Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state election law by seizing 650,000 ballots for the Prop 50 special election on redistricting.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources (AP, Governor's office, CBS LA, LA Times, SF Chronicle) report that on September 24, 2026 the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state election law by seizing roughly 650,000 Proposition 50 ballots during his election fraud investigation.
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… Love me to. They were singing "love me" to images of Donald Trump with his arms wide open, like the fucking Jesus at Rio. It's wild. Ah, it's, it's, it's bad. I don't like this. Yeah, the few other kind of election related points I want to hit. Last Thursday, the California Supreme Court ruled that Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state election law by seizing 650,000 ballots for the Prop 50 special election on redistricting as a part of his quote unquote election fraud investigation. Now, I think it's worth noting that emails leaked in 2021 revealed that Sheriff Chad Bianco was a dues paying member of the Oath Keepers since at least 2014, and in a debate earlier this year during the sheriff's unsuccessful bid to be the Republican nominee …
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Supports. The California Supreme Court ruled that Sheriff Bianco's seizure of approximately 650,000 ballots from the Prop 50 special election was unlawful under Elections Code section 15551.[1][2][4][5]
Supports. The court ruled unanimously that Bianco violated state election law and ordered the ballots returned to the registrar.[2][3][6][7]
Supports. The ruling was tied to the sheriff's seizure as part of an investigation into alleged election fraud, matching the claim's framing.[1][7][8]
Context. The court also sided with Attorney General Bonta in a second ruling, and Bianco said he would comply while disagreeing with the decision.[1][6][9]
Sources
9 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 1 tier 3, 6 not rated
- 1California Supreme Court orders Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballotsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2California sheriff unlawfully seized ballots, state Supreme ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Court rejects MAGA sheriff's 'bizarre' plot to seize 650K ballotsrawstory.com · tier 3 · cited for: supports
- 4Cervantes v. Bianco, S295866 (Cal. 2026)supreme.justia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Sheriff's ballot seizure was 'unlawful,' California high court ...latimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Bianco says he'll obey Supreme Court order on Prop. 50 ...kesq.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 7California Supreme Court says Riverside sheriff wrong to ...sfchronicle.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8RivCo Sheriff Ordered To Return Seized Ballots | Banning, CA Patchpatch.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 9California Supreme Court orders Bianco to return seized ballots ...nbcpalmsprings.com · not rated · cited for: context
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