{"id":"1a81d1eb-2439-4384-a891-91c7ac759c07","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/24/california-supreme-court-rules-sheriff-must-return-seized-ballots/","domain":"washingtonpost.com","outlet":{"name":"The Washington Post","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"California Supreme Court rules sheriff must return seized ballots","plainHeadline":"California Supreme Court must return seized ballots, ruling unanimously in two cases.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":[],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-24T17:34:45.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-24T17:51:54.186Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/89ac1a9d-c298-43b7-a57d-851f0b05e9ea","storyId":"89ac1a9d-c298-43b7-a57d-851f0b05e9ea","image":null,"author":"Patrick Marley","dek":"The court ruled unanimously in two cases stemming from a vote last year on a ballot measure."}