California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Thursday that he is calling a special election November 4 to tear up the state’s congressional map in favor of a gerrymandered map to eliminate Republican seats.

Newsom claims that by doing so, he is saving democracy.

The so-called “Election Rigging Response Act” aims to disenfranchise the state’s Republican minority by reducing its U.S. House seats from nine, perhaps to zero.

California’s existing map was created by a nominally “independent” redistricting commission, established by the voters in a constitutional amendment. (Democrats have gamed that system anyway, using groups that purport to represent local communities in the redistricting process, but are actually proxies for the party.) Despite having nearly 40% of the vote, Republicans h

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