Does a viral video show San Diego mail ballots being mishandled?
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San Diego's Registrar of Voters says the workers followed chain-of-custody rules and that its rented election vehicles can carry out-of-state plates.
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Posts claim that San Diego election workers mishandled mail ballots and moved them in unmarked vans with out-of-state plates.
## What is being said A viral video allegedly shows San Diego election workers mishandling mail ballots and moving them in unmarked vans with out-of-state plates during the Nov 2026 election.
## What the record shows The County of San Diego Registrar of Voters stated that voted ballots are being collected and returned securely to the Registrar of Voters office in accordance with established chain-of-custody procedures. The county said it uses rental vehicles for election operations, and that they may be registered in various states. Additionally, a UC Riverside public policy professor observed that the two ballot retrievers wore required identification and appeared to document the retrieval as required by law. The Republican National Committee's X account also said that workers were moving ballots to the central counting site.
## What is still unverified or pending While officials have stated that there are no issues with ballot collection or election operations, California's mail ballot counting process continues for days after Election Day, as ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days are still counted.
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