Gov. Gavin Newsom signs Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 last month, adopting a temporary congressional map to counteract potential gerrymandering efforts in Texas. State voters will decide on Proposition 50 in a special election Nov. 4.

Photo by Antonio Ray Harvey

By McKenzie Jackson

Contributing Writer

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom joined Democratic leaders and national influencers to rally support and funding for a November California ballot measure that seeks to redraw the state’s congressional maps, positioning it as a counter to Republican gerrymandering in Texas and other GOP-led states.

Held on Sept. 16, the event lasted several hours and was livestreamed for a wider audience.

Newsom explained that California’s Election Rigging Response Act, also known as Proposition 50,

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