Election integrity

Presented a REIT resolution on accurate elections and praised poll workers he observed at Lakeside Community Center, while arguing mailed ballots skip the verification steps used at vote centers.

A Cuban exile, alleged the registrar certified 33,888 (2024), 45,896 (2025), and ~20,000 (2026) more votes than ballots counted, and criticized the recent shredding of ballots.

With the Temecula/Murrieta Republican Assembly and REIT, demanded a proper recount of 2026 midterms and release of chain-of-custody records seven days before certification votes, criticizing the destruction of 2024 and 2025 ballots.

Thanked the board for its leadership on transparency and urged continued progress on election accountability.

An election observer of 24 years, said mailed ballots from the post office are never hand-counted before processing and urged the county to add manual counting at sorting stations to restore confidence.

Supported Sheriff Bianco against the ad hoc oversight committee, said he feels less safe in the riverbed without mounted patrols, and criticized the ballot shredding.

Countered the earlier speakers: cited the California Supreme Court finding on the ballot removal, explained the shredding was required by law, said the sheriff was not defunded, and strongly supported the oversight committee.

Said claims of election problems lack evidence, praised the value of back-and-forth dialogue, and questioned why five years of election dispute hasn't produced resolution.

Asked the Board to consider a recount of the June primary over a ballots-cast versus votes-counted discrepancy, and later requested chain-of-custody records and reimbursement of the Sheriff's legal expenses.

Cited ballots-counted discrepancies in past elections, criticized the destruction of seized ballots, and accused the Board of failing its oath of office.

Accused the Board of spending nearly half a million dollars to fight transparency and criticized Supervisor Washington directly.

Asked what a prior $3 million special election expenditure covered (answered by the CEO), and later recommended a hand count of post-office ballots and a public hand recount of Prop 50 ballots.

Played video of the state Supreme Court hearing on the Sheriff's ballot seizure and joined the request for a hand recount of Prop 50 ballots and changes to post-office ballot handling.

Representing the Election Accountability Project, claimed county voter rolls don't meet federal or state law and urged the board to direct the Registrar of Voters to review registrations before rolls are locked.

Said the ROV's released election records were not meticulous and questioned chain of custody and USPS billing discrepancies for mail ballots.

Questioned whether ballots are being counted correctly and whether the county is billed properly by the post office.

Criticized the board for not verifying election results and urged accountability for the registrar.

Argued that without one-man-one-vote integrity, freedom means nothing, and questioned why reconciliation takes such monumental effort.

Asked the Board to require the Registrar of Voters to produce reconciliation work products before accepting election certification, citing Election Code requirements.

Described Secretary of State memoranda and standard operating procedures for ballot chain of custody, and urged the Board to make a finding of fact on election counts.

Requested ballot collection logs before certification under Election Code 15302 so ballot-to-vote reconciliation can be independently verified.

Said his requests to meet with the assistant registrar about vote counts have gone unanswered.

A retired CPA said ballot counts have exceeded ballots submitted for four years and backed the Sheriff's audit.

Presented materials on ballot count discrepancies and the registrar's records.

Cited election code remedies and public records act responses on the ballot audit.

Said any ballot fraud allegations must be investigated with integrity, but urged the board to allocate public funds to community needs rather than the sheriff's department.

Presented the Election Integrity Team's goal of lawful, accurate elections and cited ballot-vs-vote discrepancies in Prop 50, urging an ad hoc meeting with the Registrar and Auditor-Controller.

Reported a claimed 45,000-ballot discrepancy in Prop 50 and asked the Board to instruct the Registrar to enable auto-reject software on tabulators.

Criticized the automated signature verification pilot, saying 53% of sampled signatures were flagged and none referred to law enforcement, and asked for referrals and corrective action.

Demanded a detailed report on the signature verification pilot and updates on grand jury recommendations for an election security task force and voter roll accuracy.

Suggested the Registrar validate the ReliaVote signature-check threshold of 45 through a measurement capability study, offering to help run one.

Urged the Board to pause certification of election results, address ballot fraud consequences, and engage the county's cybersecurity lead on voting system security.