Appeals panel lets Riverside ballot probe continue after AG challenge
TL;DR
An appeals court denied California A.G. Rob Bonta’s bid to stop Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot-investigation, directing him to refile in a lower court; Bianco seized more than 650,000 ballots tied to Prop. 50 and calls the probe a lawful fact-finding mission, while Bonta argues the warrants and inquiry are legally deficient and could undermine public trust ahead of the governor’s race.
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