I’m sure we all remember the election of 2000 and how meticulous the counting was there and Gore accepted the results, even though there was only 500 votes difference and the candidates brother was governor of the state he needed. Anybody remember the election of 1960? they cried foul because Kennedy won. In the 20th century, we never had the electoral vote and the popular vote disagree. That didn’t happen until 2000. there was always the fear that the results wouldn’t be accepted with the discrepancy. Our elections used to be a point of pride with the rest of the world. Banana republics have riots on election day, not the United States.

Come from the republican lies. The sheep who follow right wing television and news are fed that constant propaganda and bs pushed out to create that distrust. Since regan and fox, they have been fed a constant diet of the real Americans and the bs silent majority horseshit. By telling them that the reasons for loss MUST be cheating, they continue that lie. I remember Obama and Biden election results and how everyone of them would do interviews and say that “how could he have won, I don’t know anybody who voted for him” well, no shit you live in a bubble..

I hope the California AG convenes a Grand Jury on Monday.

Did Bianco get a warrant? Did the Riverside head of elections just give the ballots to Bianco?

We cannot let these people continue to get away with this kind of stuff without repercussions. If the Democrats don’t push for the guy to be incarcerated or penalized, then they never changed.

I'm hoping NOT, but i'm thinking YES.

No presidential pardon for state crimes.

If you or I seized ballots, we’d be in jail.

Here’s an example :

https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-elec/division-18/chapter-6/article-4/section-18568/

And once the ballots are “seized” and no longer controlled by election officials, any data that might be gained from them is suspect and unofficial.

I am guessing but it seems the only way he was able to do this is because he is the Sheriff. I doubt other folks running would be able to do this--or have the authority to seize ballots.
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............Bianco seized ballots in Riverside County, the inland California county of 2.5 million people where he has twice been elected sheriff. He called the effort “a fact-finding mission.”

“This investigation is simple: Physically count the ballots and compare that result with the total votes reported,” he said Friday.

This Novembers election? Who can stop this from happening during an election in progress? (which is something i could see happening)

Link to tweet

This dispute has been going on since last NOV!!


Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco accuses attorney general of interfering in election probe

Bianco, who is running for governor, defends investigation into ballots tallied in Proposition 50 election

https://www.pressenterprise.com/2026/03/20/riverside-county-sheriff-chad-bianco-accuses-attorney-general-of-interfering-in-election-probe/

By Jeff Horseman UPDATED: March 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM PDT

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“Sheriff Bianco’s investigation is unprecedented in both scope and scale and appears not to be based on facts or evidence but on unfounded allegations that have already been refuted by the Riverside Registrar of Voters,” Bonta said in the statement.

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta, seen Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, said there are serious issues with a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into ballots cast in Riverside County for the Proposition 50 special election in November 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein, AP file photo)

“During this time, the sheriff has delayed, stonewalled, and otherwise refused to work with us in good faith. To date, the sheriff has failed to provide most of the requested documentation.”

Bonta added: “What we have been able to learn raises serious questions about the merits of this investigation. We are especially concerned with legal deficiencies in the affidavits underlying the warrants, including the omission of material facts.”................

November 2026?

Maybe they don't want to call attention to it because then they can make it a false issue for the Governor's race?

he made a video last year, in uniform, in a cruiser
stating that he would vote for tsf. He has followed
up this year with a video stating that the U.S. is
a "christian nation"

If that's the case, then he's a white racist POS.

What do you say, governor Newsom?

Will surely get him elected!

Guy belongs in jail. See post 20 in this thread citing CA Election Code 18568(e).

On the heels of the FBI’s seizure of ballots in Georgia, a GOP sheriff has done the same thing in California. The fear is that a template is taking shape.

On the heels of the FBI seizing ballots in Georgia in response to conspiracy theories, a Republican sheriff in California decided to seize ballots in California — also in response to conspiracy theories.

The fear is that a template is taking shape.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-24T13:02:28.929Z

This idiot sheriff is going to lose this lawsuit

Link to tweet

better rally around one candidate or we could easily have this lunatic as governor.

So far there’s no sign of any of the lower tier candidates dropping out.