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Can Prop 50 Pass? Newsom Redistricting Bid Hits Crunch Time.

Early voting data suggests the California ballot measure meant to thwart Trump’s gerrymandering will pass. But a lot of voters are undecided.

Matt Gaetz’s appearance sparks protests at GOP’s anti-Prop 50 rally in CA

Merced County’s Republican Party hosted a “Save California Rally” at the Merced Senior Community Center on Wednesday.
Mother Jones

Obama: California’s Prop 50 Is “Critical” for Democracy

On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a livestream for volunteers in support of Proposition 50, the governor’s redistricting measure, and the sole question on the ballot in the November 4 special election. As I reported last week in a story on the almost unprecedented spending around the measure:
Victorville Daily Press

Tensions escalate on Hesperia City Council amid Prop. 50 discussions

A Hesperia city council meeting about California's Proposition 50 became heated, dividing residents and councilmembers. Here's where the council stands on Proposition 50.
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco on MSN

How Prop. 50 would change California's congressional district maps

There's one topic dominating California's election season this year: Proposition 50, an effort to redraw the state's congressional maps in order to create five new Democratic seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Modesto Bee on MSN

‘We hope it loses’ vs. ‘a fighting chance.’ Stanislaus thoughts on Prop. 50

On Oct. 16, the Modesto/Stanislaus branch of the NAACP issued a statement in support of Proposition 50, linking attempts to redraw districts in states like Texas, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio as attempts to weaken Black and Latino voting power.

Opinion: Both sides on Prop. 50 are telling lies about redistricting

The terrible truth behind Proposition 50 is that both of our major parties are telling lies and neither supports real democracy.
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