California lawmakers clashed Tuesday over a controversial redistricting package that could send the issue to voters in a November 4 special election. The proposal would temporarily bypass the state’s independent redistricting commission and adopt legislature-drawn maps for three election cycles. Democrats defended the plan as transparent, while Republicans attempted to halt the hearing and later filed an emergency lawsuit with the California Supreme Court. Lawmakers face a Thursday deadline to pass the bills in time for the special election.

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