5 things you need to know about the Newsom California Redistribution

From Alexey KossefCalmness

This story was originally published by CalmattersS Register about their ballots.

The fight for redistribution is about to hit overdrive in California.

So Tilt on the state congress map In their favor, he threw California into another confrontation with President Donald Trump.

Republicans, who are going to lose more than half of their seats in the state, declare the scheme as a self -serving force. But supporters led by Governor Gava hue claims that they are saving democracy, stopping Trump from supporting the result of the average time in 2026.

Eventually the voters in California are likely to decide in Special elections this NovemberS

Here’s what you need to know:

Wait, what is the Newsom trying to do?

The governor led the charge of a democratic response to the growing guerrilla display, which could effectively determine the control of the House of US Representatives before a voice was filed in the next November.

This started thousands of miles from Sacramento – in Texas. Earlier this year, Trump began to press the Republican leaders there to adjust their congress lines to strengthen the narrow majority of GOP in the House. While his rating of approval is sinking, the president is worried that Democrats can win the Congress of the 2026 election and violate the last two years of his term.

Even dozens of democratic members escape from the state in protestTexas legislative power is progressing a new map that could Turn five places for a democratic house to republican control. Other conservative countries, including Ohio, Missouri, Indiana and Florida, are Given such actionsS

So, channeling the wrath of democratic voters, Newsom launches California in a retaliatory redistribution, which will compensate for the Texas map with five new democratic clothing places.

“Donald Trump, you have established yourself on the bear and we will be hit,” Newsom said during a rally last week officially launched the campaign. “Do not mess with the great gold state.”

How would it work?

It’s complicated!

Unlike Texas, where the legislature defines congress lines, the voters of California in 2010 gave this right to a two -party citizen Commission. The Commission draws a new card once every decade after the US census to ensure that every congress district has approximately equal number of people. It Last did it in 2021S

NEWSOM proposes to temporarily cancel the Commission and create areas more favorable to the Democrats only after the 2030 census. This requires that they go to the voters for their approval.

Democratic officials have already expressed a new card a secret, which they finally shared publicly on Friday. The legislature, where three quarters of members are Democrats, plans to vote before the end of this week to put this card on the special election newsletter across the country on November 4.

“The voters will see the cards and have the last word,” Assembly chairman Robert Rivas, Democrat from Salinas, said in a statement.

Why haste?

The main elections in California are in June so that Work back from thereS The deadline for candidates to declare is in early March. Those who want to collect signatures to qualify instead of paying a submission fee can start in December.

This means that by the end of the year, there must be new lines of congress, so applicants actually know which voters need to reach.

Newsom looks at the special election on November 4 to consolidate it with municipal elections throughout the country that day. State legislation requires election employees to send a vote to any voter, starting 29 days before the election, and to military and overseas voters 45 days before, which means that the newsletters must be ready by the end of September.

The Secretary’s Civil Service said the legislature should be operating by Friday to leave sufficient time to local election officials to comply with these November 4 elections. Even then the next month will be extremely busy for them.

How much will this cost?

The state has promised to cover the costs of the counties that make these unexpected choices that will not be cheap. Last State Special Elections, Failed to Remember Newsom in September 2021, It costs about $ 200 millionS

NEWSOM said consolidation of the election with already scheduled local elections on November 4 can save money. But early ratings from the counties – up to $ 4 million in Freen and up to $ 16 million in Riverside – They are higher than they were for the download.

“No price for democracy,” Newsom told reporters last week after Kickoff’s rally.

Will this plan succeed?

Democrats feel good about their chances, but it’s a heavy lift.

Politico’s poll found that this Nearly two -thirds of California voters Prefer to maintain the independent state redistribution committee regarding the return of the legislature body to draw up congress lines.

However, this is not exactly what the Newsom plan would do. His messages stressed that the Commission would only be eliminated temporarily, because of what he calls a political emergency caused by Trump. It is reflected in the name of the measure: the Law on Election Response. Internal vote shared with MPs Put support when framed on these lines, at 52%.

Although this is enough to win in November, this may not be enough to withstand an intensive campaign this fall, which is expected to attract hundreds of millions of dollars in cost. Charles Mander, Jr., the longtime Republican donor, who is in the campaign over $ 12 million to go independently, said he would open his wallet again to protect it.

“Citizens, not politicians or party party internal persons, not only have to hold power of the urn, but also the power to draw the lines,” said Amy Toma Tan, a spokesman for the Munger Campaign Committee.

The National Republican Committee of Congress said in a statement that he was ready to “fight the illegal power of Gavin Newsom in the courts and of the newsletter.”

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