See Cervantes v. Bianco and Bonta v. Bianco.
These are important decisions, not only to reaffirm what I thought was clear California law against ballot seizures, but to raise the prominence of the issue as we worry about potential seizures of ballots or voting machines or materials after November.
For more on the general topic, see this Safeguarding Democracy Project white paper, A Judicial Guide to Search Warrants Seeking Election Materials: How Alternatives to Election Material and Ballot Seizures Can Avoid Irreparable Harm, Promote Election Integrity, and Further the Public Interest.
