Here’s how much the special election for California’s partisan redistricting measure will cost

The cost of putting California’s partisan redistricting ballot measure before voters this fall is expected to run the state $282.6 million, eclipsing the final bill of the last statewide special election.

As Gov. Gavin Newsom and his allies signed off on Proposition 50 last month — a plan to counteract an effort by Texas Republicans to gerrymander the state’s congressional maps and pick up GOP seats in the U.S. House — the governor vowed to reimburse counties for the hefty costs of an unexpected election.

Only 17 of the 58 counties in California had previously made plans to hold local special elections on Nov. 4, and with less than three months until Election Day, counties implored state leaders to bear the costs.

“Counties don’t have a dime to spare as we work to keep local services af