More than half a million ballots seized by top GOP candidate in California governor’s race - sh.itjust.works

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/57232222 [https://sh.itjust.works/post/57232222] > cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/57225583 [https://sh.itjust.works/post/57225583] > > 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.” > > “There is no indication, anywhere in the United States, of widespread voter fraud,” Bonta said. “Counts, recounts, hand counts, audits, and court cases all support this.”