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California voters are casting ballots to determine whether authorities lawmakers should beryllium allowed to temporarily redraw legislature territory maps to antagonistic Republican efforts successful Texas to summation seats successful the U.S. House.
Proposition 50 would override the state’s autarkic redistricting committee and instrumentality a caller legislature representation that was approved by the authorities legislature successful August.
The caller representation would stay successful effect for the adjacent 3 predetermination cycles. Then, aft the 2030 census, the redistricting committee would resume drafting territory maps.
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If Prop 50 passes, Democrats could power arsenic galore arsenic 48 of California’s 52 U.S. House seats, up from the 43 seats the enactment presently holds.
The measurement has the backing of authorities Democrats, who reason that President Trump's efforts to redraw districts successful reddish states volition grow Republican power of the House and let him to transportation retired his argumentation docket with small difficulty. California Republicans, including erstwhile Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, contend that Democrats are utilizing Texas arsenic a pretext to prehend much powerfulness and circumvent voters, who approved autarkic redistricting successful 2008.
The existent equilibrium of powerfulness successful the House is 219 Republicans and 213 Democrats with 3 vacancies.
