California Democrats are behind a new proposal to ban mid-decade redistricting and require every state to adopt a nonpartisan, independent redistricting commission to draw congressional maps.

The Redistricting Reform Act of 2025 would end gerrymandering and put a stop to the current redistricting war taking place across the country, said the bill’s authors, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Zoe Lofgren of San Jose. It would prohibit mid-cycle redistricting, like what is happening in a few states around the country this year, unless ordered by a court.

“We believe in a better way forward and so today we’re offering Republicans this off-ramp,” Padilla, a former California secretary of state, said during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 18. “Let’s come together b

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