Gov. Gavin Newsom promotes a plan for congressional redistricting that eventually became Prop 50 at the Japanese American Museum in Los Angeles on Aug. 14.

It’s billed as an effort to “fight fire with fire” in the battle to save democracy from President Donald Trump.

You may have already received your ballot for Proposition 50, a referendum on whether the state should suspend its independent redistricting process and redraw congressional maps to favor Democrats in the 2026 midterm election.

The idea for Prop 50 came from Gov. Gavin Newsom, and he is its chief proponent. The governor argues that it is a response to gerrymandering at the behest of Trump by Texas and other states to benefit Republicans and allow the GOP to maintain its majority in the House of........

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