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Slightly over half of California voters support Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ballot measure determining whether the state’s congressional districts are redrawn in the November special election. A new Emerson College poll released on Friday shows 51% of voters saying they plan to vote in favor of Proposition 50 to help California fight against Republicans’ own redistricting
California faces a significant financial burden with a special election costing around $282 million statewide.
The cost of putting California’s partisan redistricting ballot measure before voters this fall is expected to run the state $282.6 million, eclipsing the final bill of the last statewide special election.
On Nov. 4, California voters will decide whether to redraw political boundaries to create more Democratic seats. The ballot measure aims to counter an effort by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump to add an equal number of Republican seats in that state.
President Donald Trump has for years told outlandish lies about elections in Democratic-dominated California. Trump made more false claims on the subject in a Fox News interview
If enough signatures are verified, the proposed Shasta County referendum would likely be on the June 2026 ballot.
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A governor for red California, blue California or both? Redistricting fight poses that question
Proposition 50 would gerrymander the state and decimate Republican representation in Congress. What do Democrats running for governor say to California's millions of GOP voters?
Gov. Gavin Newsom knows this well. Whenever he’s in trouble, he reaches for the same playbook: make the election about Donald Trump. He did it during the 2021 recall, and he’s doing it again with Proposition 50.
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