OAKLAND, Calif. - States typically redraw their congressional districts every 10 years, following the completion of the U.S. census. But with the Nov. 4 Special Election , Californians are being asked whether to allow for a rare mid-decade action to redistrict.

The proposal, Proposition 50 , named for the 50 United States, is being put before voters as a counter response to Texas’s move over the summer to adopt a new congressional gerrymandered map designed to send more Republicans to Washington, D.C. ahead of the 2026 mid-term election.

On Aug. 21, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the so-called "Election Rigging Response Act," a temporary constitutional amendment he said offers the state an opportunity to "push back against President Trump’s power grab in Texas and other Republ

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