Bianco is one of two Republicans running for governor in a primary that includes more than half a dozen Democrats
A California sheriff, who is also a gubernatorial candidate, has seized more than half a million ballots from a November special election, citing an investigation into an alleged ballot count discrepancy.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican, took possession of the ballots from county election officials, who have publicly disputed his claims.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, condemned Bianco’s actions as unprecedented, suggesting they are intended to undermine public trust in the electoral process.
Is there any chance in hell he can actually accomplish anything this way?
It’s about changing the language and the perceptions surrounding election fraud.
Nothing to do with a legitimate outcome. It’s nastier and more cynical, though.
He’s well aware he’s not going to win California. He’s happy just to poison the process and claim the election was stolen from him.
in California it’s pretty hard, we vote on paper and count with scantrons plus hand counts, there’s nothing to fudge up.
And yet he is in possession of those paper ballots. So he can do plenty of nefarious things with them, and then claim that the official count is wrong. And it won’t matter if he’s obviously lying, because ~30% of the country will believe him. And that 30% votes more consistently than any other demographic, so they’ll be over-represented.