{
  "id": 9611945,
  "title": "California sheriff ordered to return ballots he confiscated in voter ‘fraud’ inquiry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/california-sheriff-ordered-to-return-ballots-he-confiscated-in-voter",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T18:55:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/california-sheriff-ballots-chad-bianco"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "State supreme court rules Chad Bianco’s conduct unlawful and says he ‘must refrain from further handling’ of ballots A Republican California sheriff must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year, the state supreme court ruled Thursday. Riverside county sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}