California Proposition 50 will pass, ABC News projects based upon analysis of the exit polls.
Prop. 50 put the power of California's Congressional district lines in the hands of voters. Republicans are calling it a Democratic power grab, while Democrats say it's necessary to fight Republican redistricting in Texas.
Here's everything you need to know about the special election and voting.
California Proposition 50 will pass, ABC News projects based upon analysis of the exit polls.
Prop 50 will temporarily change the boundaries of several congressional districts for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections, but in particular, five districts where Republicans are currently in power.
That would give California Democrats the opportunity to win five more seats in the U.S. House.
It's Election Day and polls are now open across California!
Vote centers will be open until 8 p.m. today.
You can vote in person, drop off your mail-in ballot or do same-day voter registration. Find a vote center near you on the CA Early Voting website here.
Mail-in ballots must be postmarked no later than today and arrive at your county registrar's officer by Nov. 12.
Both federal and state election monitors have been dispatched to several California counties to keep watch over the election.
Last month, the Department of Justice said it would send federal election observers to five counties in California - Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Riverside and Fresno - as well as one county in New Jersey.
California Gov. Newsom lashed out against the Trump administration's deployment of the monitors, calling it an effort to intimidate voters and possibly declare the election illegal.
In response, Newsom said the state would send their own own monitors to watch over the feds.
For 15 years, California's Congressional district lines have been drawn by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, a group that follows strict rules that govern how districts should be divided so the people of California are fairly represented in Congress.
Linda Akutagawa, a non-partisan member of the commission, explained how she and her 13 fellow commission members determined the district lines in 2020. They followed six criteria, including listening to the concerns of Californians.
"We took over 36,000 pieces of input from Californians sharing with us what they think is important to their communities, that their communities have a common interest. This is a great example along the eastern edge of California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada," Akutagawa said.
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A packed house of supporters roared Monday as Gov. Gavin Newsom made his closing argument for Proposition 50, a ballot measure that could reshape California's congressional maps.
"They poked the bear, and the bear is poking back," Newsom told the crowd. "Prop 50 is not about drawing lines on a map. It is about holding the line to what makes us who we are."
Flanked by prominent elected Democrats and union leaders, including labor activist Dolores Huerta, the governor urged his party to leave everything on the field and turn out "in record numbers."
