CA Supreme Court blocks investigation into special election ballots

The California Supreme Court this week ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco to stop an investigation into November special election ballots after the state attorney general brought a challenge to the action.

Bianco is running for governor as a Republican and previously seized hundreds of thousands of ballots as part of the investigation, The Hill reported. State Attorney General Rob Bonta called the order a“necessary and appropriate response to what is clearly an unprecedented situation.”

Bianco, for his part, vowed to complete the investigation, asserting that the court had merely maintained a hold and that he would continue fighting to address the alleged voter fraud."

"We are not allowed to progress with the counting of the ballots, and we’ll just continue fighting for this for you, and we’ll make sure that an investigation, like any investigation, is completed and not swept under the rug, as our attorney general would like to happen," he added.

Bianco lost out on a Trump endorsement this month when the president opted to support Republican Steven Hilton for the post. California has a jungle primary, meaning the two highest performing candidates proceed to the runoff, regardless of party affiliation.

It is theoretically possible that Hilton and Bianco could both advance in the event of a divided Democratic electorate splitting its support among too many candidates.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.