A dramatic plan to reshape California’s congressional districts to favor Democrats will appear before voters this November, after state lawmakers voted Thursday to place the redistricting proposal on the ballot.

The votes in the state Assembly and Senate capped a frenetic week of debate on the map, as lawmakers faced a deadline to call the special election on the proposal, which will appear as Proposition 50.

The Nov. 4 vote is now set to be the marquee event in a nationwide showdown between Democratic and Republican states over political district lines that could help determine control of Congress in 2026.

“Today we give every Californian the power to say no, to say no to Donald Trump’s power grab and say yes to our people, to our state and to our democracy,” said Assembly Speaker

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