NEWSOM wants voters to think about new areas of Congress

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Governor Gavin Newo is considering a special choice in the first week of November to ask voters in California to approve the repealed regions of the United States House of Representatives, which could encourage democratic prospects in the 2026 intermediate elections.

Although no new places have been proposed yet, Newsom said on Thursday that it works with the legislature and congress representatives in a plan that will temporarily cancel the California Independent Committee and will carry an alternative card directly to the public for approval.

“We will turn to the people of this country in a transparent manner and ask them to view the new circumstances, to look at these new realities,” Newsom told reporters during a visit to an airport to Sacramento County, where he showed the new state fire.

“This will not be hidden. They will not make members of any group or private organism,” he added. “It will be presented to the voters for viewing in a very transparent manner so that they know exactly what they are doing and can return in 2030 in the original form with our redistribution of intact independent areas.”

It was the biggest detail that the governor provided publicly so far how he plans to respond to A growing war to redistribution of guerrilla regions Deployed by President Donald Trump in recent months.

Countries redistribute their seats in the Congress after the 2020 census to ensure that the areas are approximately the same in the population and are not expected to carry out the process again for another decade.

But Republican leaders are under increasing pressure on Trump to help consolidate the nearby Republican majority in Congress before potentially challenging the intermediate elections. Texas legislators are rushing to accept a new congress card This eliminates five democratic places Which has caused such efforts in other Republican -controlled countries and the concern of Democrats how to counteract it.

NEWSOM: California should intervene

NEWSOM again said on Thursday that California should stop the redistribution of independent areas, which he had previously supported to fight a president who “wants to manipulate the game” against the Democrats who could potentially block Trump’s agenda if they win the camera control in 2026.

“In fact, Trump’s presidency ends in November next year if the American people get an honest opportunity, voice and option,” Newsom said.

While most other countries provide the redistribution body of the regions of their legislative authorities, California resorts to a bilateral citizen committee created by voters through a legal initiative. Therefore, in order to usurp the Commission and apply more areas with a democratic tendency, Newsom must call state special elections and consult the voters.

Democrats are currently controlled by 43 of the 52nd places at the House of State Representatives, including several competitive areas that have passed from republican control last November.

The governor said he wanted to hold the election on the first Tuesday of November, as many communities already have planned local elections for that date. This can facilitate your organization in advance and help reduce the estimated price of over $ 200 million, although Newsom also said there is a “too much bet” to worry about the price.

“How much did the show with the National Guard and Trump cost?” he asked, referring to the recent Deploying thousands of troops from the President in Los Angeles To suffocate immigration protests. “How many hundreds of millions of dollars were waste?”

The deadline of November gives California an extremely adjusted action period. The State Law requires the electoral services of the Counts to send a vote by mail to every voter registered one month before the election day; Voting newsletters for military and residents abroad, as well as guides for voter information, are sent 15 days before. The material will have to be ready at the end of September to comply with these deadlines.

Meanwhile, the legislature is on a summer vacation until August 18. The Senate Democratic Assembly and the State Assembly are expected to start private discussions next week about the progress of the electoral measure, which requires two -thirds of August in both cameras, so that they will potentially approve it before the end of August.

President Pro Tempore of Senate Mike McG, Healdsburg Democrat, did not immediately answer a request for comments. Assembly President Robert Rivas, Salinas Democrat, said the Assembly would review its capabilities to counteract the Trump distraction plan and “guarantees that our government remains fair, transparent and representative of people.”

“This measure is an attempt to mute voters who reject Mag’s extremism, even here in California, where people have expressed themselves high and clear in two national elections,” Rivas said in a statement.

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