"Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years. With Prop. 50, you can stop Republicans in their tracks. Prop. 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide. Return your ballot today."
"Here's the thing. We must win the House. If you talk about 'no kings,' we must win the House to put a stop to this. We won't be able to get many things done, but we'll be able to stop a lot of the poison that he's putting there, and the best antidote to poison is to win the election."
"It was made necessary by the president's decision to tell Republican governors that they needed to do a very rare mid-decade reapportionment ... they're afraid of losing their majority in Congress."
A UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies survey found more than 90% of Democrats support Proposition 50 while a similar proportion of Republicans oppose it; 57% of no-party-preference voters favored it and 39% opposed. Prominent Democrats characterize Prop. 50 as a tool to prevent Republicans from gaining seats, restore a level playing field, preserve independent redistricting long term, and allow voters to decide. Supporters link the measure to a response to a presidential push for mid-decade reapportionment by Republican governors. A Sacramento Bee editorial said it would not normally endorse replacing a nonpartisan method with a partisan approach.
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