California Supreme Court questions sheriff's authority to seize ballots

The California Supreme Court heard arguments in a case over Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco's seizure of more than 600,000 ballots tied to Prop 50, with justices appearing wary that criminal authority could override the state’s election laws that prohibit moving ballots; the dispute, spurred by a disputed hand-count pilot and challenged by voters and the attorney general, could lead to returning the ballots and curbing the sheriff's power in future elections.