Munger, a multi-millionaire good-government philanthropist who backed 2008 and 2010 initiatives that established California’s independent redistricting process, has contributed $32 million this year to defend that system. His committee, Protect Voters First, was created soon after Newsom moved to put Prop 50 on the ballot.

Over 4.5 million ballots were cast, either by mail or in person, as of Sunday, Oct. 26, according to the California secretary of state’s office.

With less than two weeks before election day, California voters appear poised to pass the state’s redistricting measure, Proposition 50, to counter Republican redistricting efforts in Texas to

California has always stood as a beacon of democracy, fairness, and inclusion. But when other states change the rules during the game, refusing to act is not neutrality—it’s surrender. Proposition 50 is California’s answer: a measured, transparent, voter-approved safeguard that ensures our state can protect fair representation in Congress.

Supporters of Prop. 50 highlight the election’s national impact; opponents focus on how it would impact Californians.

The timing of the endorsement coincides with California voters receiving, and returning, their vote-by-mail ballots for the Nov. 4 election.

View the full episode transcript. California voters have one proposition on the ballot this November: Proposition 50. It’s supporters want California to adopt a new congressional map that could give Democrats five more seats in the U.

Obama has told friends Trump's Texas gerrymander compelled him to use his star power to promote Prop 50 in California and help Democrats

Turnout will be key, and likely in the hands of passionate partisans, including the mostly Republican crowd that drove through the first big rainstorm of the season in San Jose to weigh in on a