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.

“This investigation is simple: Physically count the ballots and compare that result with the total votes recorded,” Bianco said at a news conference Friday.

The unusual probe drew a sharp rebuke from California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, who said in a statement Friday that it is “unprecedented in both scope and scale” and appears “not to be based on facts or evidence.”

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      4 days ago

      There would be a recall 3 seconds after they take office lmao

      One would hope CA realizes they need to change their voting system to stop being garbage after this. Jungle primary with top 2 (or top 4) advancing is fine, but there needs to be approval or ranked voting in the first round.

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        3 days ago

        I just find it so funny that the dem field is so dilute that gop is potentially leading right now in California. Like, Dems just need to choose Porter, Swalwell, and one or two more, but they’re scared to because it will smell like choosing kamala and hillary (with good reason).