"At Trump's request, Texas Republicans recently redrew their state's congressional seats to create five more favorable districts for the GOP, which could help the party maintain control of the U.S. House. On Friday, Missouri legislators approved a new map, and other GOP-led states may do the same. In response, California lawmakers led by Gov. Gavin Newsom want to counter Texas' effort by creating five more favorable seats for Democrats. But voters have to approve a ballot measure first."
"Dane Waters, founder and chair of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California, said there are some aspects of this measure that are "extremely rare." For one, Waters said, it's unusual that lawmakers would put something on the ballot that "supersedes what the voters had already approved," referring to the independent redistricting commission that voters passed in 2008 and 2010."
California lawmakers led by Gov. Gavin Newsom propose temporary congressional map changes to create five additional Democratic-leaning districts in response to Texas Republicans redrawing districts at President Trump's request. Texas Republicans redrew their congressional seats to produce five more favorable GOP districts, and Missouri and other GOP-led states have taken similar steps. California's plan would temporarily bypass the state's independent redistricting commission, but voters must approve a ballot constitutional amendment first. The secretary of state's office finalized the ballot language with no court-ordered changes. The ballot title explicitly references Texas' partisan redistricting, an unusual basis for a statewide referendum.
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