A special statewide election in California will take place on Nov. 4, with vote-by-mail ballots expected to be sent by Oct. 6. The ballot measure is Proposition 50, which proposes adopting new partisan congressional maps to counter mid-decade redistricting efforts in Texas and other red states. Governor Gavin Newsom supports Prop 50 and signed legislation calling the special election. The Yes on 50 campaign has raised more than $9 million from over 250,000 small-dollar donors, including $1.8 million raised the day the Legislature passed the election bill. An opposing campaign backed by megadonor Charles Munger Jr. is preparing to challenge Prop 50.
Now that a special fall election has been called, expect a flurry of activities in the coming weeks from the campaigns on either side of the redistricting issue. With only a little more than two months until Election Day, campaigns will be working overtime to convince voters whether they should adopt new partisan congressional maps in California to counter similar mid-decade redistricting efforts proposed in Texas and other red states.
The Yes on 50 campaign also known as the Election Rigging Response Act campaign is ready for an all out sprint in defense of our democracy, and Democrats in California and across the country are united, energized and ready to do what's necessary to stop (President Donald) Trump's power grab, campaign spokesperson Hannah Milgrom said in a statement. As of Friday, Aug. 22, more than 250,000 people had made small-dollar donations totaling more than $9 million in support of the redistricting effort, according to Milgrom.
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