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The California Supreme Court has ordered the Riverside County sheriff's office to return roughly 650,000 ballots that were seized during an investigation into the November 2022 election. The ruling means the ballots must be handed back rather than retained by the sheriff. Details about the underlying dispute and how the ballots will be handled remain limited.
- 2Calls for probe of Riverside Sheriff over ballot seizure●Opinion: Riverside Sheriff Bianco should be probed over unlawful ballot seizure
An opinion column argues Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco should face an investigation over what it calls an unlawful seizure of ballots. The piece, published by Times of San Diego, urges officials to examine the sheriff's conduct regarding ballots ahead of elections, framing the episode as a potential abuse of authority in California's Riverside County.