"Bianco intended for his deputies to recount the more than 600,000 ballots cast in the county last year as part of an investigation over what a local activist group called discrepancies between the number of ballots cast and number tallied."
"The county's top elections official, Art Tinoco, has rejected those claims and explained in February to the county's Board of Supervisors that they were the result of the activist group using flawed and incomplete data."
"Bonta had ordered Bianco to turn over the warrants and supporting statements. He said in his lawsuits that the sheriff had failed to allege a crime or provide enough cause to justify seizing the ballots."
"Bianco, in an interview last week, also refused CalMatters' request for copies of the warrants. 'No, you're not going to,' he said. 'When (the investigation's) over, like every other case that's sealed, when it's unsealed, you'll get to see it.'"
Sheriff Bianco received three warrants from Judge Jay Kiel to seize ballots and election materials in Riverside County. The investigation aimed to address claims of discrepancies in ballot counts. However, the county's elections official disputed these claims, attributing them to flawed data. Legal challenges from Bonta and the UCLA Voting Rights Project have halted the investigation and recount. Bonta criticized Bianco for not providing sufficient justification for the warrants, while Bianco refused to release the documents, citing the ongoing investigation and the need for confidentiality.
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