California Republican sheriff halts inquiry into alleged voter fraud in Prop 50 election
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“Chad Bianco, the Riverside county sheriff, has halted a contentious investigation into a alleged voter fraud that has drawn opposition from the state’s attorney general.”
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“The move marks a major reversal for Bianco, a prominent Donald Trump supporter who is one of the top two Republican candidates running for the governorship of California.”
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“We are on hold because of the politically motivated lawsuits and court filings,”
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“Bianco has spearheaded a lone wolf investigation for months into allegations that votes were unlawfully cast in last year’s election that resulted in the passage of Proposition 50.”
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“The proposition, championed by Gavin Newsom, the governor, allowed the state to gerrymander congressional districts in favor of Democrats, in response to similar changes in Republican-dominated states such as Texas.”
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“A group called the Riverside Election Integrity Team, comprising local residents, says that there is a difference 45,896 votes between the final vote tally and handwritten records of hand-counted tallies in the county.”
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“Local electoral officials have dismissed those concerns, saying the citizen group misunderstood how to interpret the raw data, including the lack of precision of hand-counted tallies.”
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“According to state officials, the actual difference was only 103 votes.”
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“Bianco recently seized more than 650,000 ballots from the election, over the objections of state officials.”
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“Rob Bonta, the California attorney general, asked the state supreme court on Friday to stop Bianco’s investigation, arguing Bianco did not have the legal authority to seize the ballots.”
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“The petition described the seizure as an ‘unprecedented constitutional emergency’, according to the Los Angeles Times.”
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“Bianco’s ballot seizure and maverick probe also face a lawsuit filed by UCLA’s Voting Rights Project.”
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