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California sheriff unlawfully seized ballots, state Supreme Court rules
The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated that state's election law by ordering his deputies to seize more than 650,000 ballots.
What the coverage shows
All three outlets center the California Supreme Court order to return the seized ballots, and both The Hill and The Independent specify the figure as about 650,000 or 650,000 ballots. The Hill is the only one to identify Sheriff Chad Bianco as a former gubernatorial candidate, while The Independent is alone in calling the seizure unlawful and in linking its coverage to Donald Trump’s election-fraud claims. The Washington Post is the most restrained, noting only that the ruling was unanimous in two cases from a vote on a ballot measure.
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