SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

California state lawmakers who voted to put redistricting measure Proposition 50 on the ballot could be barred from running for office for ten years under a proposed ballot initiative.

Secretary of State Shirley Weber confirmed this week the proposal has been cleared to begin collecting petition signatures.

The proposal would specifically prohibit the state lawmakers who voted this past summer to place the Democratic-drawn congressional maps on the ballot from running for Congress, statewide and local offices for ten years. They would also not be allowed to be appointed to state office.

Republican Assemblyman Carl DeMaio wrote the proposal as Democratic leaders in California ask voters to toss the state's current U.S. House District map designed by the state's in

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