"California's Proposition 50 began as a warning from the nation's largest blue state to its largest red one: don't poke the bear. But when Texas moved ahead with a rare, mid-decade gerrymander, pushed by Donald Trump as Republicans seek to shore up their fragile House majority in the midterm elections, California made good on its threat. Now, California voters appear poised to approve a redistricting measure placed on the ballot in August by Democrats and the state's governor, Gavin Newsom, who have cast it as a chance to check Trump's power."
"Proposition 50 asks voters to temporarily scrap the state's independently-drawn congressional district lines in favor of new maps carved up to help Democrats win five additional safe seats a tit-for-tat response to Texas, where Republicans secured five new, friendlier districts earlier this year. Voting has been underway for weeks in the Golden State. As of Saturday, nearly 6m ballots had been returned, about one in four of the total mailed out, according to Political Data Inc, a firm that tracks voter data."
California is pursuing Proposition 50 to redraw congressional maps temporarily to produce five additional Democratic-leaning seats in response to a Texas mid-decade Republican gerrymander. Governor Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders frame the measure as a check on Donald Trump's influence and Republican efforts to shore up a fragile House majority. Voting has been underway with early returns and polls suggesting comfortable passage, and nearly 6 million ballots had been returned by a recent Saturday. National Democrats have rallied behind the initiative and used high-profile campaign messaging. The measure would suspend independently drawn maps and install partisan maps for the next cycle.
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