California Supreme Court Halts GOP Sheriff’s 650K Ballot Seizure Probe
California’s top court has stepped in to halt a controversial voter fraud probe led by a Republican sheriff, escalating a legal clash over election authority.
According to the Associated Press, the California Supreme Court ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to stop his investigation after he seized more than 650,000 ballots tied to a 2025 election. The move follows a lawsuit from Attorney General Rob Bonta, who argues the sheriff had no legal authority.
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Bianco launched the probe after claims of a 45,000 vote discrepancy, but election officials say the issue stemmed from a data misreading, not fraud. Despite that, the sheriff moved forward with ballot seizures approved by a local judge.
The court’s intervention forces an immediate pause while justices decide whether the investigation itself was unlawful.
The dispute reflects broader national tensions over election integrity, with similar fraud claims repeatedly raised without evidence in recent years.
The case now heads into a high-stakes legal review.
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