The sheriff is one of two prominent Republican gubernatorial candidates.
FILE – Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco speaks at a news conference in Lake Elsinore, Calif., Feb. 7, 2023, as officials announced that the closure of poppy fields at Walker Canyon until the wildflower bloom subsides.
Iran remains a stubborn foe after absorbing massive US-Israeli attacksGeorgia proposal could take DNA swabs from immigrants in custody for minor offensesRepublican gubernatorial candidates in the state, said in a statement Saturday that his office put the investigation on hold “because of the politically motivated lawsuits and court filings.” The reversal comes after Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta and the UCLA Voting Rights Project launched legal challenges last week, arguing the sheriff has no authority over election materials. Bianco previously said that the investigation — and the seizure of more than 650,000 ballots cast in the November election — was legal and approved by a Riverside County judge. He doubled down last week by taking more ballots from a county election office after receiving orders from Bonta’s office to stop. Bonta’s office said Monday it will continue with its petitions in the California Supreme Court and the superior court.The UCLA Voting Rights Project, in a petition filed Monday on behalf of several Riverside County voters, is also asking the state Supreme Court to order Bianco to return the ballots while the case plays out. “Our election law is clear that voted ballots are to remain in the custody of election officials, and nothing the sheriff has presented changes that basic rule,” Sonni Waknin, an attorney with the group, said in a statement. The dispute started in February and escalated this month when Bianco seized 1,000 boxes of election materials to investigate a complaint from a local citizens group about the ballot count from a. Local election officials told the county Board of Supervisors last month that the complaint was unfounded. After Bonta ordered Bianco to halt his probe, the sheriff seized another 426 boxes of ballots last week. The ballot investigation came as President Donald Trump has repeatedly disputed the results of the 2020 election, citing unsubstantiated instances of fraud. His administration recently‘Character of our community is diminished’: Borrego Springs group asks for short-term rental regulationsSan Diego loses population as immigration nosedives. What are the consequences?San Diego’s USS Boxer stops in Hawaii en route to transporting Camp Pendleton Marines to Middle EastIts schools are falling apart, and voters won’t pass a bond. Could a little-used tactic help this district?Santee fire that prompted evacuations at shopping center charred 5 acres
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