Anti-redistricting mailers and political advertising have inundated Bay Area mailboxes ahead of the November vote. A political committee led by Charles Munger Jr. circulated warnings that the proposed plan would strip constitutional voting protections and pause the independent redistricting process. Governor Gavin Newsom has solicited donations with urgent language about protecting elections. Proposition 50 would temporarily substitute maps from the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission with partisan Democratic maps aimed at flipping five Republican House seats. The move responds to Texas Republican mid-cycle gerrymandering and could affect control of the U.S. House. Analysts estimate $100 million to $200 million in spending.
We cannot save democracy by burning it down in California, reads the message. The sender? A political committee led by a billionaire's son, Charles Munger Jr., who once led the Santa Clara County Republican Party. Since then, Newsom has unleashed a torrent of emails seeking donations for the redistricting brawl. And God help us if we're not successful, the governor said in one such appeal on Tuesday. We may have enjoyed our last free and fair election.
On Nov. 4, California voters will consider Proposition 50, which would temporarily replace congressional district maps drawn by the state's Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission with partisan maps drawn by Democrats with the explicit goal of flipping five GOP seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Newsom and his party did so to counter Texas Republicans' mid-cycle gerrymandering campaign there. A constellation of interest groups will be campaigning fiercely to influence voters, and analysts expect money to pour in.
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