Election-integrity group presents county audit claims to Temecula council; council takes no action
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Summary
Members of the Riverside Election Integrity Team presented audit findings to the council claiming discrepancies between ballots received and votes tabulated in recent Riverside County elections; presenters said they are meeting with the Board of Supervisors and did not request council action at this time.
A grassroots group calling itself the Riverside Election Integrity Team (REIT) presented findings to the council during public comment on Feb. 10, alleging discrepancies in Riverside County election tallies.
Michael Gregory introduced the group and said REIT’s work grew from volunteer observation of ballot processing. John Leonard presented specific figures that he said were derived from registrar of voters daily logs: that the November 2024 general election had 930,000 ballots cast but 33,800 more votes counted; that a 2025 District 63 special election had 64,000 ballots received but 2,015 additional votes counted; and that a Proposition 50 initiative tally showed 600,000 delivered ballots and 45,000 extra votes counted. Leonard said REIT is meeting with the Board of Supervisors and the registrar to discuss these findings and emphasized REIT was not asking the city council to take action at this time.
Council and staff did not debate or verify the presented figures during the meeting. No city official provided a formal response in the hearing record, and the group said it would continue its outreach to county officials. The council did not take any action.
Context and caution: the claims given at the microphone were attributed by the presenters to logs and records they reviewed; the figures were presented as findings of REIT’s audits and were not independently verified during the meeting. The transcript records the claims as presented; attendees and readers should treat them as allegations pending review by the registrar and the Board of Supervisors.
