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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is a leading Republican candidate for governor, has seized more than 650,000 ballots from last November’s election and is investigating whether they were fraudulently counted.

“This investigation is simple: Physically count the ballots and compare that result with the total votes recorded,” Bianco said at a news conference Friday.

The unusual probe drew a sharp rebuke from California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, who said in a statement Friday that it is “unprecedented in both scope and scale” and appears “not to be based on facts or evidence.”

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[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Seems like state law enforcement might need to raid Chad Bianco's house.

that implies state troopers don't like what he's doing

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Of course he is a rabid trumper

[–] ghostBones@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

There needs to be a law that candidates cannot do their own election investigations or seize anything whatsoever or in any way tread upon the election process, it belongs to the people not the candidates. They can and will use established methods for challenging elections or suffer the consequences of becoming a felon.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago

They already sort of are and that's a good thing. The way some elections work is there's a representative from both parties observing and counting the ballots. Then they can both check each other's work and make sure everything's above board.

This is why the whole election denial stuff is even more bullshit, they have official observers in there who can blow the whistle if they see anything but they never do. So they just rely on "reports" of other outside observers who think every truck moving around a polling spot is full of fraudulent ballots.

It probably shouldn't be just election workers as they're just selected by whoever applies to a temp job for a day or two, and it wouldn't take much for all those people to just happen to be partisans

[–] tristynalxander@mander.xyz 16 points 5 hours ago

Does California not have state troopers? Shouldn't they be arresting the guy? For tampering with evidence if it's a real investigation. For stealing public records otherwise.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 34 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

If you call 911 for BS, you may end up in legal trouble and have to pay a hefty fine for wasting resources.

Why the hell are these GOP cucks continuing to call every election they lose a fake and waste resources on this?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Because it's not just about their race. It's about all future races. It's about convincing people that the election process can't be trusted.

The sad thing is...that it's working.

[–] tristynalxander@mander.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If we can't vote, we don't have to pay taxes. Right?

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 hours ago

You still get to vote, even Russia goes through that charade.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Sucks that just killing thembefore they kill us wouldnt fix any of this. It would be such a simple fix if it worked.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago

Because it's right out of the Russian playbook to subvert elections, sow discord and disrupt institutions of democracy.

[–] justalittleguy 5 points 11 hours ago

We saw why in 2020. If there's distrust, a certain side will have a tendency towards violence to get their way, results be damned.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 15 hours ago

Sneak preview of November

[–] manxu@piefed.social 66 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Anything to sow doubts about the election! Tax payers are funding this, of course.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au -1 points 9 hours ago

Its really sad that killing cops would not meaningfully fix any of our many many problems, because it would be so easy.

[–] core@leminal.space 54 points 16 hours ago

Normalizing actions like this so when he loses he can seize the ballots and claim what he wants as the election result

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 17 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I know this isn't really the right time for this, but the US desperately needs a proper census system, the fact that there is a debate if a voter is properly registered or not for a general election is insane.

[–] beelzebum@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

there is no real debate, just like there is no real debate that climate change is happening.

It is a ruse, a “big lie” repeated over and over again as a long-term strategy to gain authoritarian control.

So if someones ID expires and the "save" act went through, I'm curious if they would actually accept a birth certificate. It's not like a birth certificate even could have a photo ID on it. I believe it or not have grown about 200lbs since then. So the picture would be useless anyways. Then obviously people point out that a birth certificate is useless for anyone with a name change unless they are bringing the name change paperwork (marriage certificates or the like) just to prove they are that person. Half the country doesn't have passports do to cost and the fact that they expire as well. Drivers licenses aren't held by everyone, cost money, and also they can be legally suspended or taken for driving infractions which do not have anything to do with whether or not you are legally allowed to vote. Not to mention they expire as well.

The only way the save act would make sense is if everyone was provided free identification that was valid and you didnt need any other identification to acquire it. You don't have to own a house to vote, you don't have to be on a lease to vote, your name doesn't have to be on a electric bill or such to vote. So none of those documents would make sense to ask for.

There is no easy way to do a system that is better than what is currently in place and as far as the majority are told, there is no evidence of it being tampered with enough to change it.

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

They don't want an accurate account so that way they can make up whatever number they want.....

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

they're going to bungle it intentionally so they can point to inaccuracies and claim california's 2026 vote is fraudulent. let me tell you how i know: they did not hire qualified auditors. you want this done right, Ernst&Young or KPMG are the only folk for the job. hell, pwc would do it honorably and the republicans and them have a history.

also they are republicans, but like, there are professional, unbiased reasons too why this is pure partisan poppycock

edit: fuck deloitte

[–] null@lemmy.org 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The funniest thing that could happen in CA is voters have to choose between two Republican governors and they both argue about the other rigging the election.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Except for one of those two fascist idiots ending up being in charge of the state. THAT would be decidedly unfun.

[–] justalittleguy 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

There would be a recall 3 seconds after they take office lmao

One would hope CA realizes they need to change their voting system to stop being garbage after this. Jungle primary with top 2 (or top 4) advancing is fine, but there needs to be approval or ranked voting in the first round.