CA Sheriff Doubles Down On Seizing Ballots As State Supreme Court Deliberates

“I went a different route. They are legal. Both routes are legal. It’s just their side doesn’t like the route I chose,” Bianco added.

The sheriff’s legal team told reporters Monday that the ballots remain securely in Bianco’s custody while the legal dispute plays out.

“The sheriff is holding that evidence, safeguarding it as a custodian for the court,” attorney Bradley Hertz said.

At the center of the dispute is Proposition 50, which California voters approved during the November 2025 special election.

The measure involved congressional redistricting and officially passed statewide by more than 3.4 million votes, according to California election results.

Bianco, however, has publicly raised questions about whether ballot records examined by investigators matched the results produced by voting machines.

“How strange, that now we have evidence that the machines counted something different than the ballots that we have, and an Attorney General runs in to stop that investigation so that we’ll never know,” Bianco said outside the courthouse.