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Link to article: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-21/riverside-county-sheriff-chad-bianco-seizes-more-than-half-million-ballots
Archive link to the article: https://archive.is/VR9wH
gayvillian
OK let's do this with the whole country but with qualified people handling the recount.
DesdemonaMoor
Trump has given politicians an actual play by play on how to subvert the democratic process.
RetrogradeLlama
Fine. He won’t get anywhere with the ballots. We all know that.
Meanwhile, aside from the MAGA that cheer this idiot see, he’s lost the votes of anyone else. I applaud him, eliminating himself from the election.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
And what’s he gonna do if they say Trump cheated?
ButtscratchMcPherson
This isn't his first idiot "election integrity" investigation.
ToSisPoS
There was an election last November?
torokunai
the scary thing is we don't have a proper ranked-choice system so the Dems could easily split their vote in November if candidates don't get TF out of the June primary.
NKato
Newsom did the Galaxy brain move of vetoing ranked choice voting. A bipartisan bill that was on his desk.
Seems like the decision has come home to roost.
JCentauri
A sharp rebuke, you say.
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
Strongly worded letters and sharp rebukes seem to be the tools of the complicit/powerless these days.
It is as ridiculous as it is disheartening to me.
arumunus
I'm really really worried about my state's governor primaries.
There's like, only two Republican contenders, and something like TEN democrat contenders.
In primaries the party doesn't matter. The two with the most votes moves forward, and last I saw- none of the democrats are dropping out.
So now the two Republicans (both are gross people) are leading and any hope of a democratic governor is split between TEN people.
arumunus
And with California being a large democratic vote historically- this is going to be all American's problem come Midterms.. and if Midterms turns red again, it'll just add on to the world as an "everyone" problem.
California needs to rally at the booth, cause we have this sheriff, a republican pretending to be Democrat, and then the other (R) who was an Oct7 denier... and then 9 other fucking contenders.
Mack1986
State police should be immediately arresting him because elections are a state matter. Not county
AmZero85
Start locking these assholes up. Enough of this shit.
TheTojo15
Hey, hey I’ve seen this one before! Where my veterans at?
19marcurious57
wisher1977
Khanamana324
A nazi, trying to rig an election in its favour? Chad needs to be stripped from their ballot and arrested for this.
NKato
Sheriffs do not have any authority over the election system. Arrest this shit head.
WolvesAreTheBestPeople
Chain of custody has been lost. Those ballots are as good as napkins at McDonald’s now.
theworldcouldbeflat
All you "theoretical" lawyers seem to focus on how things should work, the legislation to end elections has been tabled. You are at the become a racist or victim stage. The Diary of Anne Frank takes place before the war.
minipancho94
Not sure why youre getting down voted. Youre absolutely right. While were sitting here citing laws, the fascist are going to continue to do laps on us while continuing to break any laws in their way. "Fascism has an in group which the law protects but does not bind, and an out group which the law binds but does not protect." We are the out group, only we suffer legal consequences. Debating law with fascist only helps them. They cannot be reasoned with, only deprogrammed or killed.
yourbassist
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Heelcat70
Newsome should seize the back.
Randazzo
Oh no, a sharply worded letter. DO SOMETHING.
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
"Raises questions" no tf it doesn't, we know exactly what he's gonna do when he gets in.
ArcUlfr
I'm particularly worried about Republicans from other states emulating this. I don't think this guy stands a chance in a California gubernatorial election, especially not right now with even some of the previously hardcore MAGAs angry at Trump.
vanbarbee
Chances are about 50-50 right now that he and Hilton lock Dems out of the general election entirely due to the jungle primary. Too many mid-profile Dems running, and none of them are breaking away from the pack.
IrisSelamin
As someone who lives in his county, fuck Bianco. He's an oath keeper, maga and a flat out criminal.
IrisSelamin
Worst solve rate in the state for the highest paid sheriff. Deputies that have been caught selling drugs, stealing and he has cost the county millions in lawsuits.
OhIfIMust
"But hey, at least he's not a Democrat."
These people are unbelievable...
noReallyIamPrincessBob
So a perfect fit for the Republican Party.
bippityboppitybuttsex
ACAB
ChelVanin
The AG better have something more than sharp rebuke, JFC.
GeneralAnubis
A firm finger wagging is soon to follow I'm sure
KillerTofu69
A strongly worded letter, perhaps?
imnotinthewitnessprotectionprogram
Maybe he will get a paper cut and then has to slice lemons
StrandedonEarth
Nothing wrong with a recount, as long as there are plenty of witnesses and counters from both sides of the political spectrum. If it's just one person counting in a locked room with no surveillance, there's a serious problem
crazyspelling
My only question is: why is the fucking sheriff unilaterally performing such an investigation? Did he get a warrant before seizing the ballots? Does some county ordinance authorize him to do it? You don't just get to say "I'm the sheriff around here, so gibs me dem ballots."
GuysJustWannaFish
Dem guys are the biggest fascists of all, of course they think they can
noReallyIamPrincessBob
Repub guys?
GuysJustWannaFish
Sorry for the confusion, I meant "them guys" as in sherrifs. Not democrats
PrincessBatCat
Has to be, as 'democrats' wouldn't make any sense in this context.