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California justices seem skeptical of Sheriff Chad Bianco’s defense in ballot seizure case
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical on Monday that Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco was acting within his legal rights when he seized more than 650,000 ballots from that county’s top election administrator in March. In back-to-back hearings in downtown San Francisco, Bianco’s attorney, […] The post California justices seem skeptical of Sheriff Chad Bianco’s defense in ballot seizure case appeared first on The Almanac .
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical on Monday that Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco was acting within his legal rights when he seized more than 650,000 ballots from that county’s top election administrator in March. In back-to-back hearings in downtown San Francisco, Bianco’s attorney, […] The post California justices seem skeptical of Sheriff Chad Bianco’s defense in ballot seizure case appeared first on The Almanac .
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According to The Almanac’s source item, California justices seem skeptical of Sheriff Chad Bianco’s defense in ballot seizure case, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical on Monday that Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco was acting within his legal rights when he seized more than 650,000 ballots from that county’s top election administrator in March. In back-to-back hearings in downtown San Francisco, Bianco’s attorney, […] The post California justices seem skeptical of Sheriff Chad Bianco’s defense in ballot seizure case appeared first on The Almanac .
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