California Republicans on Monday announced a legal challenge against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) effort to redraw congressional lines in the state, days after the state Legislature approved a redistricting ballot measure to go before voters this fall.

The petition, as described at a Monday press conference, asks the state Supreme Court to intervene and keep Proposition 50 off the ballot.

“As our petition to the Supreme Court, filed an hour ago, says, they broke the rules in multiple ways. One, they combined two unrelated subjects into one measure, forcing voters into an illegal take-it-or-leave-it choice on two separate subjects,” said Mike Columbo, a partner at Dhillon Law Group, speaking alongside California Republicans.

“Two, the constitutional provisions in force now say that redistricting has to be done by the independent citizens commissions. … By engaging in the redistricting process already before asking for voters to grant it the power to do so, the legislature has exceeded its power under the Constitution,” Columbo said. He cited issues with the timing and........

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