A special statewide election in California will take place on Nov. 4 to decide Proposition 50. Vote-by-mail ballots are scheduled to be sent by Oct. 6. The measure would adopt new partisan congressional maps in California as a response to mid-decade redistricting efforts in Texas and other red states. Governor Gavin Newsom supports Prop 50, while an anti-Prop 50 campaign backed by Charles Munger Jr. opposes it. Supporters report more than 250,000 small-dollar donors raising over $9 million, including $1.8 million raised the day the Legislature called the special election. Supporters frame Prop 50 as a defense against a perceived Republican power grab.
Now that a special fall election has been called, expect a flurry of activities in the coming weeks from the campaigns on either side of the redistricting issue. With only a little more than two months until Election Day, campaigns will be working overtime to convince voters whether they should adopt new partisan congressional maps in California to counter similar mid-decade redistricting efforts proposed in Texas and other red states.
The Yes on 50 campaign - also known as the Election Rigging Response Act campaign - "is ready for an all out sprint in defense of our democracy, and Democrats in California and across the country are united, energized and ready to do what's necessary to stop (President Donald) Trump's power grab," campaign spokesperson Hannah Milgrom said in a statement.
As of Friday, Aug. 22, more than 250,000 people had made small-dollar donations totaling more than $9 million in support of the redistricting effort, according to Milgrom. She said $1.8 million was raised just on Thursday, when the California Legislature passed legislation, which Newsom immediately signed, calling for the special election. "Prop 50 is the country's best hope to counter Trump's Texas power grab and ensure a fair 2026 national midterm election, and Americans who love democracy are counting on California to act," Milgrom said.
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