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Stolen Ballots Found at Sacramento Homeless Encampment
10/17/2025
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- About 100 unvoted ballots for the November special election on Proposition 50 were found at a homeless encampment during a cleanup on October 16 in Sacramento County.
- The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office discovered the ballots mixed with stolen mail.
- The ballots were voided.
- Investigators are working to identify those responsible for the theft.
- Officials urge voters who have not received their ballots to contact their county elections office.
