via US news | The Guardian — Chad Bianco, running for governor, previously confiscated 650,000 ballots for baseless voter fraud investigation Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A Republican sheriff in California has confiscated additional ballot materials from a special election, escalating his conflict with state lawmakers who say he is conducting a baseless investigation into claims of voter fraud. On Tuesday, Chad Bianco, the Riverside county sheriff who is running for governor,