A group of Republican lawmakers is asking the California Supreme Court to remove a redistricting initiative from the November ballot, arguing Democrats violated the law when they rushed the measure through to redraw congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm election.

Democrats, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, last week placed Proposition 50 on a special November ballot. The initiative asks voters to throw out the maps drawn by the state’s independent redistricting commission and approve new congressional districts , including five that are likely to flip from Republican to Democratic. It was written in response to Texas’ decision to redraw its own congressional districts to flip five seats from blue to red.

The lawsuit was filed as an emergency petition to the state Supreme Cou

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