Voting by mail? Voters urged to vote early in California's special election.

"I often let everybody know, always, that voting is your voice, that that's who you are, that that is what this nation is, and we don't take it lightly, Secretary of State Shirley Weber said during the webinar. And so we have done everything we can to make sure that our elections are safe and secure and that you understand what you're voting for, and hopefully you will go to the polls to vote, she added."

"Due to changes to U.S. Postal mail service this year, people living more than 50 miles from a U.S. Postal Service regional mail processing hubs who drop off their ballot in a mailbox or at a post office on Election Day won't have a guarantee that their ballot will be postmarked that same day. Instead, it could be postmarked the day after too late for the ballot to count."

Ballots for the Nov. 4 special election are being mailed and voters are being encouraged to cast ballots early, especially if mailing. Proposition 50 would redraw congressional districts mid-decade and could allow California Democrats to gain five House seats in the next midterm. The proposal responds to a similar gerrymandering effort by Texas Republicans aimed at preserving GOP House control. Changes to U.S. Postal Service processing mean ballots dropped in mailboxes by people living more than 50 miles from regional hubs may be postmarked a day late and risk being rejected. State officials shared maps of regional mail processing centers and urged precautions.

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