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News & Current Events Apr 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM

California Supreme Court halts GOP sheriff's voter fraud investigation

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California Supreme Court halts GOP sheriff's voter fraud investigation
NBC News
California Supreme Court halts GOP sheriff's voter fraud investigation
The state's attorney general sued to block Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, after he seized hundreds of thousands of ballots from the 2025 election.
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ezagreb Apr 8, 2026 +1700
His fake investigation
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phylter99 Apr 8, 2026 +713
What's scary is there are sheriffs all over the country have been taught how to start and engage in these investigations. I'm surprised that more haven't done what he's doing. It's the constitutional sheriff movement. [https://statesunited.org/resources/factsheet-constitutional-sheriff/](https://statesunited.org/resources/factsheet-constitutional-sheriff/)
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N8CCRG Apr 8, 2026 +367
The terrible authoritarian thing that people keep saying "is coming" is actually already here, and has been for a while. It's just continuing to grow in strength.
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Sanjuro7880 Apr 9, 2026 +70
Test run for mass amounts this November.
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KDR_11k Apr 9, 2026 +17
The good news is that the Republicans have been doing all possible dirty tricks at the polls for many years and it only ever managed to keep them competitive, not dominant. So don't despair over all their cheating.
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snarkiest_ofsharks Apr 9, 2026 +16
That’s only going to convince them to cheat harder. They haven’t really seen any repercussions whenever they’ve crossed the line, so why wouldn’t they continue to cross a bit further every time
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TheDebateMatters Apr 9, 2026 +12
Competitive enough to elect an orange faced, racist, misogynist, felon, adulterer, adjudicated rapist, twice impeached and likely PDFfile President while controlling SCOTUS and both houses of Congress. So I’d say they’ve been pretty effective.
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The-Potion-Seller Apr 10, 2026 +2
This is why the US should do away with the multi-teared policing model at the Sub-National level. Bring all police under the control of the state governments like it is here in Australia. Let the cities/counties hire a few staff for stuff like code enforcement and stuff like that but nothing more. Now, our coppers aren’t perfect but I’ve never heard of one of our police commissioners doing shit like this. Also, just completely unify the courts under the state level judiciary. No more of the electing judges bs.
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brainkandy87 Apr 8, 2026 +88
There are so many of these guys in the far right militia movements too. All the ingredients for something horrific in the near future are there.
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skucera Apr 9, 2026 +19
Some of those who work forces…
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Rubthebuddhas Apr 8, 2026 +43
I hadn't heard this term until I saw the 5th season of Fargo. My wife turned ep 1 on one day and we didn't realize it was season 5. Thankfully, that show's seasons are distinct from each other. Also, season 5 was some of the best TV I've ever seen. Back to topic, I read up on the movement. The breadth of this idiotic group of dipshittery was far wider than I'd have guessed. I was both surprised and not surprised, but fully disappointed.
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SethiusAlpha Apr 9, 2026 +9
Whole new twist on the line, "I live HERE, now." I have always lived in America, but without even moving... *sigh*
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fevered_visions Apr 9, 2026 +15
> It's the constitutional sheriff movement. let me guess, these guys tend to be close friends of "sovereign citizens"
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phylter99 Apr 9, 2026 +14
I don't know. That would make sense, I guess. There are a lot of things I'm finding out that are more coordinated than we realize. It's not just some randos deciding to do these things on their own. The right talks about a deep state, and I'm not so sure there isn't such a thing on the right.
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fevered_visions Apr 9, 2026 +10
Gaslight Obstruct Project, sounds about right
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thisvideoiswrong Apr 9, 2026 +6
I mean, I learned the term during the Obama administration, from people talking about why he wasn't more successful in reigning in the CIA. The FBI has never had a Democrat as Director, and among many other crimes famously attempted to blackmail Martin Luther King Jr. into suicide. Oh, and they intentionally torpedoed Hillary Clinton's campaign in favor of a Russian operative. Nothing was ever done about all the people who illegally took power after Reconstruction by lynching their opponents, and then proceeded to write Jim Crow laws. The Constitution itself was written to give disproportionate power to rural conservatives, particularly the rich ones. However you want to define the term exactly, it's definitely there.
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fevered_visions Apr 9, 2026 +1
> reigning in the CIA reign = what a king does rein(s) = things for controlling a horse
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Deep_Stick8786 Apr 9, 2026 +1
This sounds like sovereign citizen idiocy but with badges and ugly uniforms
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doalittletapdance Apr 10, 2026 +1
those sheriffs are going to be in red allegiant states, they wont need to do any meddling. Its the red sheriffs in blue states you gotta watch, and there aren't a ton of those guys. Now this guy needs to be stripped of office and prosecuted but we all see how that goes.
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Meet_the_Meat Apr 8, 2026 +60
he just jumped the gun because of the CA governor's race. this shit is going to happen everywhere these next mid-terms.
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Slight-Hedgehog259 Apr 9, 2026 +43
He is running for governor, trying to get brownie points with the MAGA population here, and at the same time collect voter info for his buddy Trump
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Healthy_Elk8661 Apr 9, 2026 +6
Trial run
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BLRNerd Apr 9, 2026 +4
Right now two republicans are in the lead and it’s a jungle primary They’re going to f*** around with the 2028 primary, they did with the 2020 primary and they’ll try to install distrust again by any means necessary
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shwarma_heaven Apr 8, 2026 +43
Guaranteed he gets investigated because he and his actually did commit voter fraud...
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wrosecrans Apr 9, 2026 +2
Yeah the headline calls it an "investigation." But it's "a candidate in a race abused the powers of his current office and stole ballots in an election he lost." And if that were being covered like it should be, a lot more people would appreciate what's happening.
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Theperfectool Apr 9, 2026 +1
Warrants without a crime ffs
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Standard_Island546 Apr 8, 2026 +421
He doesn’t give a shit. If anything this is what he probably wanted so he can say “look, they’re obviously hiding something or they wouldn’t have stopped me looking into things!”
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explosivecrate Apr 8, 2026 +109
Plus, now that he has the ballots he can "lose" them before anyone else gets to double check his findings.
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androshalforc1 Apr 9, 2026 +49
frankly since they have had the ballots for any length of time i would consider them all suspect at this point.
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Sislar Apr 9, 2026 +22
Yes that is how the law works. If you lose chain of custody then they are no longer values for counting or recounting.
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1337duck Apr 9, 2026 +10
If the cultists could read, they would be very upset.
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KnucklesMcGee Apr 9, 2026 +5
If they could read, they'd still blame Biden or Obama.
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ButterRollercoaster Apr 9, 2026 +14
The election’s long settled. Go ahead and lose them. California Supreme Court will hold him in contempt for that and it won’t change the election at all.
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n0respect_ Apr 9, 2026 +5
I really hate how begging the question is seen as legitimate argument. Happens all the f'in time.
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IfThisIsTakenIma Apr 9, 2026 +4
That’s what he literally said. Check his video
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Th1rte3n1334 Apr 8, 2026 +217
Thankfully, this guy fabricated the evidence of a crime which he then used as a justification to seize ballots and other related materials. This cannot be allowed. The other equally as horrible thing is that they now have the voter data from those ballots which can then be used by the federal government for a number of nefarious reasons. There was absolutely no valid reason for him to seize those ballots. Arrest him, prosecute him, and make sure no one even thinks about doing this again unless there is undeniable proof of a widespread conspiracy to commit voter fraud.
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WasteProfession8948 Apr 9, 2026 +15
What data on voters would they have from ballots? Aren’t the votes separated from identities at the time votes are cast?
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Im_with_stooopid Apr 9, 2026 +18
If they are absentee ballots they likely require a signature on the envelope and that would make the vote identifiable. There's also a voter roll where the numbered ballot is tied to the voters names. Not sure if he obtained the voter roll or just the ballots.
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WasteProfession8948 Apr 9, 2026 +14
Those are separated from the actual ballots before the votes are even tallied. There is no identifying info in the ballots themselves.
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Im_with_stooopid Apr 9, 2026 +8
Interesting. So the. They validate the signature to what they have on file and then put the ballot in a separate bin for later tallying?
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WasteProfession8948 Apr 9, 2026 +16
Correct. Absentee and mail in ballots are afforded the same privacy as voting in person. Many people erroneously believe that info on how people voted is tracked/recorded. It is not.
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thisvideoiswrong Apr 9, 2026 +3
To be exact, absentee ballots will always come in several pieces. In NJ, we have a mailing envelope that's all USPS sees. Inside of that there's another envelope with a large flap on it. That flap is where you write your signature and everything else. It's perforated so it can be torn off of the envelope once it's been checked. That leaves a totally anonymous envelope. And inside that envelope is the actual ballot.
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Astrogod07 Apr 10, 2026 +1
That’s interesting, in California and Colorado, I think we just sign the outside of the envelope
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Th1rte3n1334 Apr 9, 2026 +10
Additional warrants expanded the scope to seize “ALL OF THE MATERIAL related to the 2025 Special Election” when the registrar initially provided only a partial set (e.g., 13 pallets). So he has the entire registrar. Which contains all voter registration information. Sorry I should have specified that he doesn’t just have the ballots.
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ButterRollercoaster Apr 9, 2026 +7
Voter registration is publicly available in California.
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WasteProfession8948 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Voter registration info is publicly available already.
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Moveyourbloominass Apr 8, 2026 +95
And now the Attorney General needs to find everything and anything to charge this mofo with.
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NewsCards Apr 8, 2026 +73
> Bianco's gubernatorial campaign was dealt a setback this week when Trump endorsed former Fox News host Steve Hilton, the other leading Republican in the crowded race. LOL No payoff for your loyalty to Trump, f*****.
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zmunky Apr 8, 2026 +26
Dude should have been locked up already.
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bobcat116 Apr 8, 2026 +72
Arrest this douchebag
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nukleus7 Apr 9, 2026 +24
Stop calling it an investigation, this gives it validity. It was always a farse, he was trying to see what he can get away with like Trump. That way when loses in November, he can just claim fraud and steal ballots again. Arrest the f***** now.
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CaptainJackVernaise Apr 10, 2026 +2
The entire basis for the warrant was the conspiracy theory of a person that died of mad cow disease.
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Glum_Introduction755 Apr 8, 2026 +15
Every one of these dipshits looks like they're being hunted by hypertension.
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supercali45 Apr 9, 2026 +14
This guy needs to be prosecuted and removed from running for office
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SweetLoLa Apr 9, 2026 +12
*Any other administration* and this lunatic would’ve been charged with a federal crime and convicted. Can’t believe that a TV personality, pedophile rapist, multiple bankruptcy filing, cancer charity fund stealing, convicted felon is who people were drawn to so much that *this is America.* Could’ve overcome racism, could’ve overcome bigotry, could’ve achieved universal healthcare/childcare, provided social security for hard working people, could’ve excelled in transportation, cured something…but no, we got every morons idiocracy dictating things.
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JACofalltrades0 Apr 8, 2026 +33
Doesn't matter, he got what he wanted out of it and now every Nazi in California knows who they're voting for for governor.
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wwhsd Apr 9, 2026 +13
He didn’t get everything he wanted. Trump endorsed the other leading Republican (who he sees on Fox News).
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JACofalltrades0 Apr 9, 2026 +2
Oh right I forgot about that. Good point!
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somekidsuncle Apr 8, 2026 +7
You want a guy with that mustache fixing your electrical issues, not running your state.
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liamanna Apr 9, 2026 +6
If he’s accusing someone of doing something, that means he did it himself… Investigate him!
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joeDUBstep Apr 9, 2026 +7
Dude looks like the knock off version of the Small Soilders guy.
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id10t_you Apr 9, 2026 +4
So, so many Johnny Ringo's pretending that they're Wyatt Earp
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edingerc Apr 9, 2026 +3
Sheriffs getting shocked by courts telling them that they are in fact not kings in their domain. Going to have to start handing out hunter green robes to these judges. Welcome to Sherwood!
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kqlx Apr 9, 2026 +3
some example needs to be made so future sheriffs wont try to power trip like this one
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SleepingToDreaming Apr 8, 2026 +4
Anything to drum up doubt to sway Republican support from rubes and those lurking in the red pockets of CA.
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ActualSpiders Apr 8, 2026 +2
I think it's become his audition to replace Bondi...
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wwhsd Apr 9, 2026 +3
Nah, he’s running for governor of California.
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ActualSpiders Apr 9, 2026 +2
Yeah, but he's got about as much chance at that as I have to become the Prime Minister of Australia. Trump could put any nutjob who hands him a big mac in as AG and Congress would ok it.
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wwhsd Apr 9, 2026 +2
Actually, because in the jungle primary we have there’s a chance that the election will be between this guy and the Republican that Trump endorsed. The primary for Governor is an open primary and the two candidates with the most votes move on to the general election. We’ve got so many established Democrats running that there’s a danger of them spreading the vote too thin between them and ensuring that there is a Republican Governor elected in 2026.
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TheActualDonKnotts Apr 9, 2026 +2
Sheriffs need to be abolished. No more politicians with the powers of arrest, property seizure or any of *this* bullshit.
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idreamofjirachi Apr 9, 2026 +1
There isn’t anything about this scandal/criminal conspiracy/whatever you wanna call it on this guy’s wikipedia page, which is certainly odd imo
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dvolland Apr 9, 2026 +1
It’s just a publicity stunt in support of his impending gubernatorial run.
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The-John-Galt-Line Apr 9, 2026 +1
Peak sheriff physiognomy 
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ImKindaHungry2 Apr 10, 2026 +1
Omni man in the thumbnail
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Former_Busboy518 Apr 9, 2026 +1
What gave this POS the right to take the ballots? F*** this traitor.
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A_Nonny_Muse Apr 9, 2026 -17
Kind of a shame. I was really looking forward to seeing what he came up with. Not that I'd believe him. But his investigation would prove interesting, perhaps even entertaining.
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Uncle_Paul_Hargis Apr 9, 2026 -30
I heard this discussed recently and the justification was that there were something like 45k more votes tallied for Riverside county than there were ballots cast, right? I think if there is evidence that this did happen, I think someone should check it out, right? Maybe the courts are ruling he didn't have the authority to do this or something... that I don't know.
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wwhsd Apr 9, 2026 +22
There was a local activist group (who also believe that Trump had the 2020 election stolen from him) that came up with that number. The official audits came up with a discrepancy of 103 ballots. That’s 0.016% of the votes in the county. This same Sheriff apparently also “investigated” the 2022 and 2024 elections and is currently running for governor. It might just be a coincidence, but he launched his investigation while Trump was deciding which Republican candidate would get his endorsement. The 2025 election had only one ballot question, and that was whether or not to allow the state to redistrict in response to the redistricting that was done in Texas.
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