"But she voted yes on Proposition 50, a California ballot measure that would allow the state's Democratic leaders to temporarily bypass California's independent redistricting commission and enact a more Democratic-friendly congressional map ahead of next year's midterm elections. Van Gessel and others who back Prop 50 told NPR the proposal provides the Democratic-leaning state a rare opportunity to directly counteract President Trump"
""What we're doing is gerrymandering to stop gerrymandering," she said. "And that's not really the best solution, but it is something that we find ourselves in this kind of environment having to do." Voting for the one-issue special election concludes Tuesday, with polling showing that Prop 50 is likely to pass. If it does, California's Democratic state leaders can use a new congressional map that makes five U.S. House seats more favorable to the party, offsetting the five districts Republicans shifted their direction in Texas"
Adelaide Stone Van Gessel and other California Democrats supported Proposition 50 despite reservations about partisan gerrymandering. The measure would let Democratic leaders temporarily bypass the independent redistricting commission and enact a congressional map that makes five U.S. House seats more favorable to Democrats ahead of next year's midterm elections. Backers framed the move as a defensive response to Republican-led map changes in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. Polling indicates the one-issue special election is likely to pass. Many liberal voters expressed mixed feelings but accepted the tactic to protect Democratic chances in Congress.
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