Santa Barbara, California – On a warm Saturday afternoon in the town of Goleta, Aubrie Lugo, a local volunteer, walked down a suburban sidewalk with a stack of flyers.

It was her first time knocking on doors for a political campaign, but she said she felt compelled to get involved in the fight to pass a statewide measure known as Proposition 50.

“It feels like a dire situation,” Lugo said, as she eyed houses festooned with Halloween decorations. “We’re trying to fight the rigging of our democracy.”

Proposition 50 is a measure on the November 4 ballot in California, but its success or failure will have implications for elections beyond 2025.

The measure gives California voters a choice: whether or not to adopt a congressional map designed to net the Democratic Party five additional sea

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