Orange County voters are largely saying yes to Proposition 50, California’s redistricting ballot measure, initial returns in the special election show.

The latest vote tally by the county registrar of voters on Wednesday evening, Nov. 5, showed support for the ballot measure with a pretty significant lead: 436,208 ballots (or 54.81%) were yes votes on Proposition 50, while 359,718 (45.19%) were cast in opposition to the ballot measure.

As of Wednesday evening, more than 796,000 ballots in Orange County had been counted. There are more than 1.9 million registered voters in the county.

Proposition 50 — a win for the redistricting ballot measure was called almost immediately after polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday — has large implications for Orange County.

Supporters of the measure said

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