Sheriff Calls Out Dem AG Intimidation Over Massive Ballot Discrepancy in Newsom-Backed Prop 50 Scheme
By Rusty Weiss | 7:51 AM on March 21, 2026
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is accusing Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta of trying to intimidate and derail his department’s investigation into a shocking 45,896-vote ballot discrepancy involving Governor Gavin Newsom’s Prop 50 redistricting scheme.
Proposition 50, passed in a special election this past November, allows the state legislature to temporarily override the independent Citizens Redistricting Commission and redraw congressional maps to favor Democrats until the 2030 census.
Prop 50, officially titled the "Election Rigging Response Act," is an actual example of election rigging. What's worse, Bianco, who is a leading 2026 Republican gubernatorial candidate, is probing whether it was passed through nefarious or possibly rigged means.
According to county records reviewed during the probe, only 611,428 ballots were actually cast in the special election in Riverside County, yet officials certified a staggering 657,322 votes — creating a massive unexplained gap.
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/03/21/sheriff-calls-out-dem-ag-intimidation-over-massive-ballot-discrepancy-in-newsom-backed-prop-50-scheme-n2200473
