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  "path": "/2026/03/23/us/politics/california-ballot-seizure-elections.html",
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    "United States Politics and Government",
    "Midterm Elections (2022)",
    "Bianco, Chad",
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  "textContent": "Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, recently took possession of more than 650,000 ballots as part of a fraud probe. Election officials say his investigation is baseless.",
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